Example sentences of "[noun] went [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 2 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 3 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 4 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 5 | Kim Barnes went along for a preview . |
| 6 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 7 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 8 | His father , however , preferred that Farrar went in for a professional career , and Farrar was articled to a firm of architects and surveyors in Northampton , becoming a Fellow of the Geographical Society . |
| 9 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 10 | The following morning , Connor went out for a stroll before breakfast . |
| 11 | Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena . |
| 12 | My favourite 10 seconds of Bruce Springsteen is the irresponsibly euphoric opening holler of 1980 's Hungry Heart : ‘ Got a wife and kids in Baltimore , Jack / I went out for a ride and I never went back ’ , but he never lets go like that here . |
| 13 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 14 | When the court sat we were told that the King had died then the court went out for a while . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 17 | Actually there are quite a few infuriating people went out for a drink what are you having to drink and she said oh whatever you 're having |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Discussions went on for a year and cost T&L about £500,000 in legal fees and other expenses , Vlitos says , ‘ but they came up with a strong agreement which protected T&L — a pygmy next to a corporate giant like J&J ’ . |
| 20 | The computer went down for a while , it 's probably full of water |
| 21 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 22 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |
| 23 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 24 | Yeah I think I 'll walk down to Green went out for a couple of hours in the morning felt grotty did n't go out at all . |
| 25 | ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police . |
| 26 | Saracens were never in it and when Richard West went over for a try , it was virtually all over . |
| 27 | The kettle went on for a lunchtime brew-up before we tackled the group of small , uninhabited islands which lie west of Whalsay : Nacka Skerry , Nista , Mooa , Isbister Holm ( the only place in Shetland where sea-aster grows ) , East Linga and Grif Skerry . |
| 28 | Automatically , his hand went out for a chocolate biscuit . |
| 29 | And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR . |
| 30 | At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress . |