Example sentences of "was going for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was often offered lifts , but when she said , thank you , but she was going for a walk , a pitying expression spread over the faces of the drivers . |
| 2 | You know the last time I went back to Britain , I was going for a month but I changed my flight and left two weeks early . |
| 3 | She had a new child 's seat for her car , the moment she got home , after the flowers for her sister , her young grandson was going for a drive . |
| 4 | Mrs Vowden said Leena was going for a bike ride when the accident happened at 6.10 pm on Wednesday at the junction of Edinburgh Road and Hamilton Road , Newmarket . |
| 5 | The police , having interviewed working colleagues of the victim at the London Docks , had elicited information to the effect that at the end of his shift he met two men outside the gates and said he was going for a drink with them . |
| 6 | He also said he was going for a job that morning . |
| 7 | Lady Eleanor replied she was going for a walk behind the church . ’ |
| 8 | He had spoken with Norman Tebbit who , when asked his movements that evening , said he had discovered in Hove a pub called the ‘ Earl of Essex ’ where he was going for a noggin . |
| 9 | Heydrich did not need to file a flight plan — had no intention of so doing-but he strolled to the control tower to tell them he was going for a spin . |
| 10 | I told everyone I was going for a merit , but it made me feel really good when I got it ! |
| 11 | Mrs Topp , 69 , told the coroner : ‘ He said he was going for a walk around the block to clear his head . |
| 12 | And , oh I did n't tell you this either that she was going for a promotion ! |