Example sentences of "went [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn . |
| 2 | All the general SVQ tutors , and the SVQ co-ordinator went away for a three-day residential to develop the programme . |
| 3 | After a time the goat disappeared , and its place was taken by some hens , and these hens I looked after when , as quite often happened , their mistress went away for a few days . |
| 4 | Did we go I er I 'm now I 'm pretty sure we went home for a seven and a half hour day in twenty one , pretty sure that 's what one of the things that we did . |
| 5 | Having got to Bristol , he went home for a short holiday and died . |
| 6 | All went well for a short while , but then his childhood respiratory problems returned . |
| 7 | Apparently all went well for a few days , then Svend 's conscience got the better of him . |
| 8 | During the war I worked for the women 's voluntary service and shortly afterwards I went abroad for a few years , returning in the late 1940s , divorced with three children . |
| 9 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |
| 10 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 11 | ‘ Then one night Hugo and Jebb ( The Mouse 's twanging Boothby twins ) went there for a quiet beer and the DJ was going , ‘ I 've heard that a couple of Jacob 's Mouse are here and I want to tell them to get off their high horse and come down to play here . |
| 12 | She could not keep from the house on the bay but went late for a brief evening swim and , elated with resolution , left soon after dinner . |