Example sentences of "went [v-ing] for [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went looking for like-minds and found aliens . |
| 2 | Some as young as eleven and twelve , these ‘ migrant labourers ’ went looking for work and did not always find it , turning to other less than legal ways of earning their bread . |
| 3 | I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids . |
| 4 | Fitzormonde went looking for Mowbray and found his corpse . ’ |
| 5 | He went cruising for boys and had numerous homosexual encounters , usually with complete strangers . |
| 6 | Afterwards they went scouting for clays that could be re-used ; some cracked on landing , but others had come down whole . |