Example sentences of "[verb] n't go [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So they did n't go out for exercise ?
2 And it was stew everyday if we did n't go out for dinner !
3 er , but they did n't go in for food like er you 're talking about
4 I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me .
5 And we do n't go in for naughtiness .
6 I do n't go in for gossip .
7 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 . ’
8 ‘ 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 ?
9 " 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 .
10 Mushroom is respectable too , I should add — but we do n't go in for tans , we 're too worried about skin cancer .
11 ‘ I do n't go in for crystal gazing . ’
12 We do n't go in for presents .
13 I do n't go in for numbers as names .
14 We do n't go in for spirits though do we ?
15 You do n't go out for meals do you ?
16 so you do n't go out for drinks , ?
17 Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’
18 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
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