Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Sadly , all too often they end up shelling out for mechanical write-offs which have been given a quick paint job and put up for sale at outrageous prices .
2 ‘ We are not a national daily ; we do not go in for moral crusades . ’
3 The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap .
4 I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’
5 ‘ It 's just that I do n't go in for casual encounters . ’
6 ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said .
7 Anyway , I do n't go in for sharp manoeuvres much myself .
8 I do n't go in for serious boyfriends .
9 I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing .
10 ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing .
11 erm , and er , sometimes even pleased to say well I 'll try to get you in purple , but er , nowadays erm , we , we do n't go in for that because there 's , there 's so many er shops now that selling lighting fittings erm and selling nothing else , there is n't one actually in Harlow , but there 's one in Epping and there 's one in Stortford , erm that er , it 's , it 's riding a new car people want to see er a good variety of them , have a look at a lot or a washing machine or anything like that , you want to see many before you buy one .
12 Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’
13 They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment
14 ‘ But we do n't go in for top models , ’ she said .
15 I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret .
16 They do n't go in for this sort of thing .
17 er There is obviously a certain party atmosphere at Conferences , it 's the one big chance of the year for many many hard-working activists to get together and share ideas , it does engender er a certain amount of frivolity er around the edges , so we 'll see some of that , but we do n't go in for this cult of leadership which the other parties do , you wo n't see any manufactured longstanding ovations for er leaders .
18 We do n't go in for this , this cult er type of politics .
19 ‘ I already wear a lot of Joe Bloggs ’ stuff because I do n't dress up for special occasions .
20 You do n't show up for any of them . ’
21 Who said ‘ P*** off , we do n't get up for another hour .
22 And we 'll sort out last week 's postal competition so do n't ring in for this one and the question was , What 's this got to do with a company ?
23 I 've only popped by for five minutes .
24 They 've just come in for ninety three .
25 We do within P Way Design , which is probably the best office I 've ever worked in for that .
26 Incidentally , it does n't include the disposal of Smithmark We 've also er we 've also gone in for other cost reduction exercises , for instance at er Dalton with a review of warehousing and distribution er , we should save about a million pounds in a full year and we 've been ramming home to our chief executives the need for annual payroll reviews to be geared to the profitability of the company rather than t rather than to the rate of inflation er , or even , er in , even the market place .
27 I 've actually put in for twenty thousand pounds ' worth of grants at this point , however , let's see whether I 'm fortunate to achieve that .
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