Example sentences of "[was/were] going for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You mean you could n't just say you were going for a walk ? ’ |
| 2 | We thought we were going for a month or so , until the fighting died down . |
| 3 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 4 | Whether they were going for a new place , or staying , the hired hands were all given the day off to attend the Hirings . |
| 5 | He chose a wonderful day , a really glorious day , and we were going for a picnic , there were blue skies and white sand , and he asked me to marry him . |
| 6 | If you were going for a MacDonalds how long do you think it would take ? |
| 7 | But they were going for a walk , they had come in to make him go with them , and they wanted me to go too . |
| 8 | They are increased now obviously but erm , you know to put anything on a tuppeny fare then was well a ha'penny which was twenty five percent on terrible , every year we were going for a fare increase and in those days you really had to go through the Traffic Commissioners . |
| 9 | They were going for a world record … and they got it . |
| 10 | Barry Pexton 45 , a former dog handler in the Sultan of Brunei 's army , and his wife Carol , 38 , left their rented home , West End Cottage , Staxton , near Scarborough , last Wednesday telling their two daughters they were going for a drink . |
| 11 | Erm , what I 'm , I 've just arranged somebody to redo our speaker syste our original system with tannoys , we blew our tannoys speakers , and I did n't bother getting them replaced because we were going for a rock crowd so we just used Bernie and Nigel |
| 12 | Or if they were going for a day then I might go down and |
| 13 | Well were going for a long weekend , like the Bank Holiday weekend . |
| 14 | I think he were going for a , a month , a month and a half summat like that , and he said it were out of this world . |
| 15 | She was often offered lifts , but when she said , thank you , but she was going for a walk , a pitying expression spread over the faces of the drivers . |
| 16 | You know the last time I went back to Britain , I was going for a month but I changed my flight and left two weeks early . |
| 17 | She had a new child 's seat for her car , the moment she got home , after the flowers for her sister , her young grandson was going for a drive . |
| 18 | Mrs Vowden said Leena was going for a bike ride when the accident happened at 6.10 pm on Wednesday at the junction of Edinburgh Road and Hamilton Road , Newmarket . |
| 19 | The police , having interviewed working colleagues of the victim at the London Docks , had elicited information to the effect that at the end of his shift he met two men outside the gates and said he was going for a drink with them . |
| 20 | He also said he was going for a job that morning . |
| 21 | Lady Eleanor replied she was going for a walk behind the church . ’ |
| 22 | He had spoken with Norman Tebbit who , when asked his movements that evening , said he had discovered in Hove a pub called the ‘ Earl of Essex ’ where he was going for a noggin . |
| 23 | Heydrich did not need to file a flight plan — had no intention of so doing-but he strolled to the control tower to tell them he was going for a spin . |
| 24 | I told everyone I was going for a merit , but it made me feel really good when I got it ! |
| 25 | Mrs Topp , 69 , told the coroner : ‘ He said he was going for a walk around the block to clear his head . |
| 26 | And , oh I did n't tell you this either that she was going for a promotion ! |
| 27 | He was going for the green on the short par-4 . |
| 28 | I was playing jackstones in the street when Nelly Mitchell ran up with the news that she was going for the midwife . |
| 29 | Reid said : ‘ My man went into the tackle and was going for the ball . |
| 30 | It was a young female golden eagle , and she was going for the carrion he had left . |