Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] go [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turnip salad with capers is no shock today and raw choucroûte salad , an idea Pomiane had picked up in Moscow — buy very fresh choucroûte from the charcutier and stop at the village pump to wash it thoroughly , he told those of his French readers who went in for picnics on canoeing and automobile excursions — should be the joy of vegetarians . |
| 2 | The metal softener is used by stage magicians who go in for spoon-bending and such-like . ’ |
| 3 | The victory of Roman imperialism can in its turn be described as the result of four factors : the new direction given by Rome to the social — that is the military — forces of old Italy ; the utter inability of any Hellenistic army to match the Romans in the field ; the painful erosion of Celtic civilization and its appendages which went on for centuries and ultimately enabled the Romans to control the resources of western Europe from the Atlantic to the Danubian regions ; and finally the cooperation of Greek intellectuals with Italian politicians and writers in creating a new bilingual culture which gave sense to life under Roman rule . |
| 4 | and then at lunchtime er first day we went out for lunch somewhere but erm |
| 5 | A man who goes in for abduction does n't merit explanations , and neither , ’ she went on , warming to her subject , ‘ does anyone who can purloin other people 's property , quite deliberately and without conscience , have any right to spout morals at me . ’ |
| 6 | Some of these types who went in for murder as a professional thing would probably take you to the cleaners as soon as look at you . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyway , ’ my girlfriend said , ‘ the first time we went out for dinner , you did n't pay for me . |