Example sentences of "[pron] went [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I went trolling for lythe with rubber eels , or fly fishing for saithe and mackerel in the clear water around the rocks . |
| 2 | I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids . |
| 3 | I went shopping for clothes . ’ |
| 4 | We went looking for like-minds and found aliens . |
| 5 | Afterwards they went scouting for clays that could be re-used ; some cracked on landing , but others had come down whole . |
| 6 | We can reveal exclusively that when Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were in London a few weeks ago they went shopping for baby clothes . |
| 7 | He went cruising for boys and had numerous homosexual encounters , usually with complete strangers . |