Example sentences of "went [v-ing] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They went looking for former hotel porter Joao Gomes , 40 , after his wife Maria , 39 , was stabbed to death on Tuesday at her flat on the Elysee Estate in St Helier . |
| 2 | The sturdily independent high tech sector had naught for the comfort of either major party in the run-up to today 's by-election in Newbury , Berkshire when the big guns from party headquarters showed up for photocalls during the build-up : Labour chose Vodafone Group Plc and tried to commiserate about the recession , only to be told that business had been going gangbusters for several months , the Tories went looking for green shoots at Micro Focus Plc , only to be told that the UK market was flat on its back , and that it was only foreign sales that were keeping the old Coboller busy . |
| 3 | Mike , however , had travelled north , leaving his pregnant girlfriend with relatives in the safety of a Harare suburb as he went looking for another war . |
| 4 | Niki went fishing for another drive , and thought he had one at Renault ; but the big-manufacturer politics of that season and Gerard Larrousse 's increasing weakness therein , sabotaged that : Niki was kept dangling , offered the drive and then dropped . |
| 5 | The disc went missing for many years , and was the subject of at least one book . |
| 6 | David Peter Bicker , aged three , went missing for four hours in Cononley , near Skipton , North Yorkshire , during a family visit to friends but police aided by the force helicopter and around 100 villagers who undertook a detailed search found the youngster safe and well at around 9pm . |
| 7 | Miss Larkin , 24 , and Mr Pettitt , 25 , went missing for five weeks before forensic experts discovered human remains in the remnants of a fire in a secluded spot . |
| 8 | When Kylie went shopping for more additions to her by now Imelda Marcos scale wardrobe in one of London 's stores , the result was inevitable . |