Example sentences of "he was go [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was gone perhaps for five minutes . |
| 2 | As a matter of fact a fre fellow named lived in here and he was a traveller to er George he 's one of the best , biggest rim lockmakers in the town , anyway , they 're on this erm now and er he was going round for orders for regulars of his , for his firm and somebody , one day , asked him look here , we 've got a little awkward job here , you know anybody the can you do it ? |
| 3 | Then Guy told Leonora he was going away for three weeks to Wales , to take photographs for a travel book , and suggested she went with him . |
| 4 | He had left Marler in the bar , saying he was going upstairs for a shower . |
| 5 | He was going upstairs for his siesta . |
| 6 | He went back into the flat , grabbed his coat , told an astonished Frau Nordern that he was going out for a moment and , without waiting for any protests , dashed out and joined Bodo at the foot of the stairs . |
| 7 | During the previous weeks there had been fine weather , and after a day in the office Paul would keep his mother company in the evenings for a little while , then , as they had nothing to say to one another , he would tell her he was going out for a breath of air . |
| 8 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 9 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |