Example sentences of "he went for a " in BNC.

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1 After spending two years at the South Kensington School of Art , he went for a year to the office of the architect Sir Ernest George when he was still only eighteen .
2 He went for a time to Australia , then jumped ship in Cape Town ( which caused a scandal ) and was subsequently cared for by his uncle Willy , Theunis 's younger son .
3 One man was shot four times in the legs as he went for a walk .
4 He went for a job just after leaving school and the guy at the interview asked him if he 'd ever encountered prejudice and he said , ‘ Well , sometimes . ’
5 Not only that , but he went for a few shots , bravely teasing back the initiative from Mushtaq and Waqar .
6 ‘ I expect he went for a walk after .
7 The next day he went for a long walk , about 20 miles , during which he did a good deal of clear thinking in the mountains .
8 Mike Towers , with a background of newspaper journalism — he 'd worked for the Evening World in Bristol — assumed control of " Here Today " and he went for a harder , more newsy approach .
9 This was to be Philpot 's last visit to the School : on 9th December 1974 he went for a drive near Haverfordwest , and died peacefully in his parked car .
10 One evening , after a particularly violent fight , when she threw things at him and chased him out of the house , he went for a walk alone through the town .
11 He was educated at Harrow , from where he went for a few months into his father 's City office , which he hated ; and he spent a term in Göttingen , learning German .
12 Dad told them he went for a drink to the pub at Goldsithney , that he left at about nine and came straight home . ’
13 If he 's not there , perhaps he went for a walk in the grounds ? ’
14 Robyn found herself saying , ‘ So he went for a drive to let off some steam and that was the last … ’
15 In the end he went for a small Monet , a house on a cliff-side over the sea , surrounded by flowers .
16 He went for a swim in his own carp pond and drowned . ’
17 Sometimes , when he went for a walk , she followed him ; if he stopped to look at something she stopped too and when he walked fast , she walked fast to keep up with him .
18 Alan left him howling in the cot again while he went for a bowl of water .
19 Paul , erm he was his wife was there and his dad he went for a bath for a walk , a walk around
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