Example sentences of "[adv] go [adv prt] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 2 | In the second incident , involving the credit card , he had only gone along for the ride , and had not used the card himself , said Mr Harper . |
| 3 | Well he 's taken us out when they 've been to bloody shop working and come back and wa I admitted that , but I mean just to go out for an evening . |
| 4 | You 're not going back for a month ? |
| 5 | Kissing or touching another man in a sexual way or even just going out for a drink without telling a partner is regarded by most as being unfaithful . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm just going out for a minute , Mam , I wo n't be long . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm just going out for a bit . |
| 9 | So erm I was feeling a bit edgy about this when we were in the pub after the concert cos I thought maybe he 's reading things into it and I , you know , I was just going along for the music . |
| 10 | Pike was standing by a wooden rack of pamphlets , including What Has Old Mother Walsh to Say to Us ? and a large , colourful one for the kiddies entitled Daddy is n't Dead , He 's Just Gone Out for a Bit . |
| 11 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 12 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 13 | She would not go down for the fireworks . |
| 14 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 15 | book anything up , just go over for a week . |
| 16 | Of course you can view it , as some bridle-riders do , as a holiday for your horse — you just go along for the ride . |
| 17 | Ca n't think in the arts , in the art bit so I just I just go in for a coffee as well , yeah . |
| 18 | And is that for children who are living there or just go in for the day ? |
| 19 | Just go in for the day till their parents go to work I think . |
| 20 | We just go down for a bit of practice a few nights before . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I just go out for a bit , just for an hour or two , and when I come back you ai n't even got the kettle on . |
| 22 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
| 23 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |
| 24 | But do members just go along for the ride ? |
| 25 | It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you ever go out for the day , Joe ? ’ |
| 27 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 28 | After an evening of pleasure and profit with my friends in Bank Street , I had clearly gone out for a drink or two . |
| 29 | Fibres also went in for a spot of acquisition , buying into the British texturizing industry to give downstream processing capability . |
| 30 | Oh , service with a smile , he 's probably gone out for a coffee ! |