Example sentences of "went for [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet , ironically , Stead 's recollection of Eliot 's walking in the woods , in true Frazerian style , after his baptism at Finstock in Oxfordshire on 29 June 1927 , perceives just the unusual link of savage and city which Eliot might appear to have renounced : ‘ … after dinner we went for a twilight walk through Wychwood , an ancient haunted forest , ‘ savage and enchanted ’ . |
| 2 | Three hours later , Becky returned and went for a lunchtime drink with Jamie to talk things over . |
| 3 | So we went for a shellac finish . |
| 4 | She went to an exhibition , she went for a browsing sort of shop . |
| 5 | I went for a midnight walk last February — it was snowing , I just got the urge , it was like a fairy tale , clean and soft — and they were standing in the hall when I got back , eyes frantic , fingers pointing , accusing me of — what ? |
| 6 | Richard Allen went for a bike tide round his home village of Lyonshall in Herefordshire today ; a form of exercise up until now he could only dream about . |
| 7 | Then Adams hit out at the dismissal of defenceman Mike Ware , saying : ‘ We 're told Mike went for a Fife player — he never hit him . |
| 8 | She went for a working holiday |
| 9 | I went for a cuppa tea , did n't I ? ’ |
| 10 | They were not very varied — ‘ Juliet in front of a shop … and here 's Juliet in this bar place … and this one 's of Juliet sitting on a rock … and here 's Juliet in a boat — that was the day we went for a boat trip … . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I went for the Enterprise Allowance a couple of years ago , ’ says London graphic designer Trevor Jackson , 22 . |
| 12 | Despite the reservations of his trainer he next went for the Melbourne Cup : he started even-money favourite , but pulled his way to the front in a slowly run race against the wishes of his jockey and faded in the straight to finish third . |
| 13 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 14 | Sheldukher 's hand went for the voltage control . |
| 15 | ‘ Word was sent ’ , not delivered personally , and the same went for the seed money . ’ |
| 16 | Sue Hall of Lee Jeans went for the workwear look , stitching on small spanners , nuts and bolts . |
| 17 | The woman screamed , the man went for the bedroom door and met the first FBI man on the landing . |
| 18 | Dionne went for the outlaw type , or so she said , then mothered and civilised them until they were unrecognisable , and when her dream of civilised and raunchy equality went out the slammed door , there she was alone again , smoking a little more than usual , drinking a little more than necessary and swearing herself to celibacy until the next sulky brow slouched into view and stole her hopeful heart away . |
| 19 | Home I went for the Christmas vac with the ragged tatters of what should have been a well-moulded start to a brilliant career ! |
| 20 | And then when I was about seven I went for an eye test where you get one of those cards with all the dots on , and , you 're supposed to see fifty-seven but I could only see twenty-seven . |
| 21 | Later in the week , some of us went for an evening swim at a nearby beach — or rather not so nearby , as it entailed a few miles of driving and then a long walk down a deserted track . |