Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] go [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A disused Victorian toilet block has just gone up for sale . |
2 | We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior . |
3 | And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ? |
4 | The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon . |
5 | So they did n't go out for exercise ? |
6 | And it was stew everyday if we did n't go out for dinner ! |
7 | er , but they did n't go in for food like er you 're talking about |
8 | I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me . |
9 | And we do n't go in for naughtiness . |
10 | I do n't go in for gossip . |
11 | Apart from the fact that there 's an eleven-year gap in our ages and I do n't go in for cradle-snatching , she happens to be my stepsister . ’ |
12 | ‘ Well , y'know , Else always was one for washing , she gets it from me , but Sidney , 'e do n't go in for baths much , well men do n't , do they ? |
13 | " We do n't go in for flowers , " said Clelia , displaying with a sweep of her arm the lower level , curiously cluttered with urns , a bench , a dislocated piece of mosaic resting on its end , and a functionless fountain . |
14 | Mushroom is respectable too , I should add — but we do n't go in for tans , we 're too worried about skin cancer . |
15 | ‘ I do n't go in for crystal gazing . ’ |
16 | We do n't go in for presents . |
17 | I do n't go in for numbers as names . |
18 | We do n't go in for spirits though do we ? |
19 | You do n't go out for meals do you ? |
20 | so you do n't go out for drinks , ? |
21 | The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess . |
22 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
23 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
24 | Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’ |
25 | They 've dearly gone on for years not knowing , let alone tonsillectomies , what |
26 | yes , well I do n't know , I suppose that nearly all er the houses in Harlow you could say are open planned now , you know had a , had er , a , kitchen dining area that we have , erm or erm lounge , diner , erm they have n't gone in , in this , the ordinary houses , they have n't gone in for building |