Example sentences of "go [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says , and then you 'll go downstairs for a cup of tea and then you 'll he says , get back into bed ! |
| 2 | we 've both got a week off , and we thought we 'd all can go just for a couple of days |
| 3 | A plan occurred to her ; she and Lucy would go away for a weekend to the heart of the country , roses round the door , and find out how they would be lovers . |
| 4 | We could go away for a weekend together , we could ; we could wake up next morning and eat croissants and drink coffee from blue china bowls . |
| 5 | However , he left the next day , calling later to ask Lorna to meet him nearby with £500 cash so he could go away for a few days . |
| 6 | ‘ We could go away for a bit — a break ; a couple of weeks perhaps . |
| 7 | Where did you go away for a fortnight to ? |
| 8 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I must go away for a week ? |
| 9 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 10 | I often feel like I could pack up and go home for a holiday in Ireland . |
| 11 | We could n't go home for a month . |
| 12 | Once or twice a year I would go home for a weekend to see my mother . |
| 13 | And , although I did go home for a few holidays , most I seem to remember were spent elsewhere with friends or at special holiday camps that some of the other boarders went to . ’ |
| 14 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
| 15 | ‘ I think I 'll go home for a couple of hours then come back later , ’ replied Nina , standing up and draining her mug . |
| 16 | Yes well I 'll go fortnightly for a little while then it 'll tail off . |
| 17 | The 31-year-old ex-paratrooper 's prize for retaining his title at Wembley on Saturday night was £10,000 , which does not go far for a full-time body builder who downs half a dozen eggs after his breakfast cereal and eight to 10 chicken breasts a day when ‘ bulking up ’ . |
| 18 | Perhaps we could go there for a drink later ? |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I suppose you could go there for a new typewriter , though as I say , they 're mainly interested in bulk orders . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't go there for a rest , you silly blighter , ’ said Chatterton affectionately . |
| 21 | Some think that he will go abroad for a few days and the CIA will then engineer his return in a countercoup , just as it did in 1953 . |
| 22 | The counsel given was probably the best in the circumstances , which was that I should go abroad for a break . |
| 23 | The outcome is expected to influence Scottish Homes in deciding whether Waverley or Eildon should go forward for a four-week postal ballot in June . |
| 24 | er , how long have we got , oh about , not even half way through the tape yet , shall we go upstairs for a bit ? |
| 25 | And I 'd go farther for a chance to have a look at people from this planet of mystery . |
| 26 | You 'll go faster for a rest . ’ |