Example sentences of "[pers pn] went [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She went to stay with her sister in London , and I went sailing for a week with a colleague from work . |
2 | She went to stay with her sister in London , and I went sailing for a week with a colleague from work . |
3 | I went looking for a quiet place to sit — while gazing with interest at the multi armed , three-breasted Salmo'kkan dancers being sinuous on a mini-stage when I was frozen in mid stride |
4 | ‘ I went to look for a new car and the Lord said to me , ‘ Richie , you buy this car . |
5 | He was so frightened that I went to look for the animal . |
6 | When she went to stay for a day or two on Hydra , I accompanied her on the morning boat , and left her there . |
7 | We went looking for the river . |
8 | Gloria tied on her red headscarf , Dot buttoned up her pink cardigan and they went to wait for the bus to take them down to the hospital to see how Baby was doing . |
9 | He went looking for a gas leak with a lighted match . ’ |