Example sentences of "[pron] went [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daphne recalls how , early on , ‘ I made the mistake of allowing one to become too fond of me and , when I went away for two weeks , she died of a broken heart . |
| 2 | In return , she offered to look after my own birds when I went away for one weekend ( it was after the war but rationing was still in force , and most people who could , kept chickens ) . |
| 3 | Just before Christmas I moved jobs , and in the middle of January I went away for three days on a course . |
| 4 | That was an experience I went through for many months , not saying anything . |
| 5 | I was meant to talk for fifteen minutes but I went on for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 6 | I mention this now to Gordon and he chuckles : ‘ I went specially for that shot . |
| 7 | I experienced the medical practice side , I went out for two or three assignments to get a feel for it and it 's doable . |
| 8 | Well , I went down for that Christmas . |
| 9 | And like I went down for that one Monday . |
| 10 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 11 | But I did n't give up , I went in for another and I came third again , and then I gave up , so that was the end of that . |
| 12 | Well it 'd probably be the June or July before I went in for this exam , which they did n't hold very frequently and er then I had to pass this exam and that I could leave school in the August , Bank Holiday . |
| 13 | No it was our summer holiday , I went off for two weeks , when I came back Paula was off for a month . |
| 14 | Kathleen and I went off for some lunch and we then went to have a look at the castle . |
| 15 | Yes , her and I went together for seventeen year , before us got married . ’ |
| 16 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 17 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
| 18 | A demand for the ‘ noblest ’ architecture inevitably meant that Nonconformity was caught up in the debates over the value of Gothic architecture which went on for most of the Victorian period . |
| 19 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 20 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 21 | I also have a girlfriend who went out for several years with a man who did n't wear underpants at all and only washed his jeans once a month . |
| 22 | Presently she went downstairs for hot water . |
| 23 | ( She went on for another seven ! ) . |
| 24 | She had had no life of her own for several years ; if she went out for half an hour , she had to leave messages all round the flat , telling Yury she 'd be back soon , otherwise he would panic . |
| 25 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 26 | I think , if we went on for another half an hour or forty five minutes , we could clear virtually everything . |
| 27 | They went on for three hours before she fell asleep , exhausted but more relaxed than since her husband died . |
| 28 | They went on for some way in silence . |
| 29 | Alan came back most weekends , and they went out for long drives in his father 's car . |
| 30 | But it was before they went in for all the cryptonyms and digraphs and five-letter codes because that 's what computers like … ’ |