Example sentences of "was going [adv] for a " in BNC.

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1 It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room .
2 This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’
3 He had left Marler in the bar , saying he was going upstairs for a shower .
4 So that was going alright for a while .
5 Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days .
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 She 'd told her husband she was going out for a walk with their pet dog , Kirsty , when she was found the dog was still clinging to her .
9 Next Sunday she was going home for a special birthday tea they were arranging for her .
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