Example sentences of "went [v-ing] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I went trolling for lythe with rubber eels , or fly fishing for saithe and mackerel in the clear water around the rocks . |
| 2 | It was getting dark when Simon went looking for Gazzer . |
| 3 | We went looking for like-minds and found aliens . |
| 4 | Some as young as eleven and twelve , these ‘ migrant labourers ’ went looking for work and did not always find it , turning to other less than legal ways of earning their bread . |
| 5 | I went looking for Mathilda and found her working in the buttery with the other maids . |
| 6 | Some went wide-eyed , some went in search of music , the world of On the Road , some went looking for Ken Kesey 's Merry Pranksters , others for the new politics . |
| 7 | I never went looking for trouble — it normally came to me . ’ |
| 8 | And when the whistle went seconds after Sinton tucked in his spot-kick , Morris went looking for trouble . |
| 9 | Fitzormonde went looking for Mowbray and found his corpse . ’ |
| 10 | He went cruising for boys and had numerous homosexual encounters , usually with complete strangers . |
| 11 | Afterwards they went scouting for clays that could be re-used ; some cracked on landing , but others had come down whole . |
| 12 | Graham reckons it 's time his side went gunning for trophies again — starting with today 's clash against Chelsea . |
| 13 | I went shopping for clothes . ’ |
| 14 | A BBC boss went shopping for peace in a North-East market yesterday . |
| 15 | We can reveal exclusively that when Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman were in London a few weeks ago they went shopping for baby clothes . |