Example sentences of "go in for [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But the troops will only go in for humanitarian reasons including the protection of supplies .
2 ‘ We should go in for wholesale demolition of buildings from the Sixties and Seventies .
3 I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing .
4 ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing .
5 My family did n't go in for that sort of thing .
6 Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target .
7 ‘ I do n't normally go in for public displays of affection , ’ he murmured , ‘ but you 're irresistible .
8 ‘ I do n't normally go in for public displays of affection either , ’ she murmured impulsively , forgetting her uneasiness , ‘ but even with sand on your face you 're … ’
9 er There is obviously a certain party atmosphere at Conferences , it 's the one big chance of the year for many many hard-working activists to get together and share ideas , it does engender er a certain amount of frivolity er around the edges , so we 'll see some of that , but we do n't go in for this cult of leadership which the other parties do , you wo n't see any manufactured longstanding ovations for er leaders .
10 I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret .
11 They do n't go in for this sort of thing .
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