Example sentences of "have gone for [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Discs has gone for promotion of the label en bloc , it has not been in the most obvious way , but it does typify the house sense of humour .
2 Now that it has flown the nest and decamped to Arden Hills , Minnesota , Control Data Systems Inc feels confident enough to start making acquisitions , and for its first , it has gone for Evernet Systems Inc , a Los Angeles network systems integrator that inter alia sells NetFrame Systems Inc servers .
3 Now that it has flown the nest and decamped to Arden Hills , Minnesota , Control Data Systems Inc feels confident enough to start making acquisitions , and for its first , it has gone for Evernet Systems Inc , a Los Angeles network systems integrator that sells NetFrame Systems Inc servers .
4 He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help .
5 He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’
6 ‘ Developing countries are afraid funds for combating climate change will come out of funds that would have gone for development aid , ’ says Reddy .
7 On a dry pitch Kieft might have gone for goal instead of squaring the ball to Berghuis , one of four new Dutch caps to appear during the game , whose shot sailed high over the bar .
8 If we 'd have gone for plc status first , then it would have given us the chance to work as a proper company .
9 ‘ If I 'd gone first , the house would have come to you with ten thousand and the rest would have gone for research into glandular diseases . ’
10 ‘ We 've gone for promotion all along this season , ’ said Gibson .
11 I 've gone for quality service : if clients say jump , we jump .
12 Mr Farrar said : ‘ If he had gone for help , it is beyond question we would have been able to save Mary Jo 's life . ’
13 As the crest broke over my head I just wished that we had gone for plan B which was to have used a tandem bicycle for this trip .
14 I had gone for coffee in the student room in order to avoid my colleagues .
15 It had come her way because , leaving them in charge of Mrs Gracie , Dinah had gone for diversion to what she expected to be a dull sewing-meeting in the Islington church where she and Paul had been married .
16 ‘ With the 715 , ’ John reflects , ‘ Trace have gone for volume in a small box , with no hook-up opportunities — these seem to start on the next model up .
17 ‘ She 's gone for panel beating and auto mechanics . ’
18 ‘ We have n't had a chance to tell them that he 's gone for trial yet , sir .
19 And yet young Nicky 's gone for blue .
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