Example sentences of "[pron] go [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 're going to take him to Italy when I go over for the collections .
2 ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself .
3 And I went right for the flag .
4 Erm no I went away for the weekend this weekend and er made four ta tapes of me and Frank in the car driving around from er we went to erm Oxford first then we went to Bournemouth , then we went to Winchester and then we went to Cheltenham , .
5 but I went straight for the directory .
6 I went home for the summer holidays weighing seven stone six pounds .
7 I went out for the day , and came back to find the room full of thick smoke from Holmes ' pipe .
8 Amy and I went out for the day .
9 It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension .
10 But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest .
11 when I went in for the steamer
12 I went there for the clothing , because Antoinette wanted me to take photographs .
13 I went there for the opening and I 'm really proud to be associated with water because I think it 's I think it 's a wonderful piece of engineering and excellent .
14 Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview .
15 One enterprising young man gathered 60 ration books into his brief-case and persuaded an RCAF pilot , due for a recognizance flight that day , to fly him several hundred miles across the provincial border to Atlin , B.C. At the friendly invitation of those concerned I went along for the ride and helped my energetic friends load five cases of Johnny Walker , which we transported back to Whitehorse well in time for a Saturday night party .
16 I went along for the ride ; Mrs Goreng needed moral support and a straight guy to conduct an emergency dialogue with , if the need arose .
17 In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’
18 No , the , the , the extension of them going up for the cup and all , that 's what it was .
19 And that was for them going just for the day .
20 ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’
21 Forwards and backs combined as Melrose charged for the Jed line from well inside their own territory with Gary Parker managing to evade Liddle before feeding his front row colleague who went over for the try .
22 If you go away for the weekend during the winter , leave the central heating on the minimum thermostat setting , with the programmer set to 24-hour operation and remove or prop open the loft hatch .
23 And later when I saw Paul , I said Paul if you go away for the weekend , if you tell me , I can put your milk in my fridge .
24 If you if you go out for the kitchen you know or whatever it is
25 One of the things that I used to do was train and I know the feeling , I know the excitement , I know the adrenalin that pumps round the body , when you go in for the kill .
26 ‘ I hope everything goes well for the wedding .
27 So they 've kept that tradition so we go there for the colours , and they provide a palette each year , er that 's the ninety one ninety two .
28 And we went there for the Christmas one did n't we ?
29 I , I , mean we had erm , we went out for the day and they give us it was sandwiches
30 They cut off their hands so that they go about for the rest of their lives with bleeding stumps . ’
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