Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] went [adv] for " in BNC.

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1 One lunchtime when she had been at the House of Mattli for a few months Paula went there for her usual coffee and the cottage cheese salad that was her staple diet now that it was so important that she did not add a single half-inch to her wand-slim figure .
2 Saracens were never in it and when Richard West went over for a try , it was virtually all over .
3 Kim Barnes went along for a preview .
4 You see , it was her shopping Mabel went back for , so she feels responsible .
5 They remembered with joy when Alberta Monterecchio went in for culotte suits in satin , velvet and even leather , just when the mini skirt was appearing .
6 But Melrose simply took their feet of the brake and Craig Redpath and Bryan Redpath went over for tries .
7 The wind caught it and it bounced awkwardly for the St Aloysius defence and Roy Montgomery went in for a try under the posts which was converted by Ross Houghton .
8 The Party loved it , they gave him a standing ovation and Mr Kinnock went back for an encore to tell them to save their strength for the election .
9 and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason
10 In casting the Sensorites Mervyn Pinfield went deliberately for older , more rotund actors .
11 Queen Victoria went there for the first , very influential time in 1889 , though even before that the surprisingly large English community in Pau had begun to colonize it , to such an extent that by the 1870s not only did the Church of England have congregations in Biarritz but they were already schismatic and the Archbishop of Canterbury had to travel out on a pastoral visit to try and stifle the factionalism .
12 But on 69 minutes Apoel went ahead for the first time in the entire tie and it was to prove decisive , Christodoulous Pounas curling his corner into the far corner of the net .
13 The Spartans offence then fumbled the ball and seconds later running back Eric Okatu went in for the Tornadoes ' second T.D .
14 Paul Ashmead went over for try number 7. 42-7 the final score ; perfect preparation for this week 's crunch game against Bath and even the coach is smiling .
15 Hucklecote made most of the early running and took the lead on six minutes , Steve Barslow converting a penalty , and they increased that lead after a quarter of an hour when Mark Halkins went over for a try following good work from Steve Hamslow .
16 TV STAR Leslie Crowther went home for Christmas dinner yesterday two months after a road crash left him in a coma .
17 By the time Harry went downstairs for breakfast he was in excellent spirits , heightened by an underlying feeling of excitement .
18 By the time Bernei went over for London in the 69th minute , Sheffield had accumulated a massive 32–0 lead .
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