Example sentences of "went [adv prt] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 2 | One enterprising young man gathered 60 ration books into his brief-case and persuaded an RCAF pilot , due for a recognizance flight that day , to fly him several hundred miles across the provincial border to Atlin , B.C. At the friendly invitation of those concerned I went along for the ride and helped my energetic friends load five cases of Johnny Walker , which we transported back to Whitehorse well in time for a Saturday night party . |
| 3 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 4 | People from the upper classes were getting on the move , and photography often went along for the ride . |
| 5 | I went along for the ride ; Mrs Goreng needed moral support and a straight guy to conduct an emergency dialogue with , if the need arose . |
| 6 | In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’ |
| 7 | But he went along for the ride , hoping he could put his spoke in and cancel the idea . |
| 8 | The Spartans offence then fumbled the ball and seconds later running back Eric Okatu went in for the Tornadoes ' second T.D . |
| 9 | The Iliad went in for the triumvirate in the Ladbroke of 1991 at Leopardstown and then the biggest success of all came at Cheltenham where Destriero was supposed to have landed a gamble of over £1m in taking the Supreme Novices Hurdle . |
| 10 | The court room at the Old Bailey was hushed dock went in for the jury to return for their verdict . |
| 11 | I think we said to you on Friday erm both me and Roger actually said that he he went into er he went in for the kill and he c he came out with slaughter |
| 12 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 13 | when I went in for the steamer |
| 14 | Forwards and backs combined as Melrose charged for the Jed line from well inside their own territory with Gary Parker managing to evade Liddle before feeding his front row colleague who went over for the try . |
| 15 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 16 | He went up for the job , grinding his teeth , and got it . |
| 17 | It might be needed if they went out for the day . |
| 18 | Next morning after breakfast the whole group went out for the day . |
| 19 | I went out for the day , and came back to find the room full of thick smoke from Holmes ' pipe . |
| 20 | Amy and I went out for the day . |
| 21 | I , I , mean we had erm , we went out for the day and they give us it was sandwiches |
| 22 | Went out for the day yesterday , could n't afford it Irene . |
| 23 | It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension . |
| 24 | Holmes went out for the morning , but he came back at lunch-time . |
| 25 | The appeal went out for the loan or gift of farms or country estates where Youth Allyah children could live , learn and work collectively . |
| 26 | He went back for the woman pedestrian he knocked down near a busy roundabout and helped her into his white Sierra car . |
| 27 | He went back for the President , lifting him from behind by both elbows and walking him into the shower with his boxer shorts and his sandals on . |
| 28 | Hilary Robarts said impatiently : ‘ But the body , when you first went back for the torch and saw her , you were certain she was dead ? ’ |