Example sentences of "go [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the frustrations of being in opposition for so long to what is , in effect , a minority Government is having to watch this country go on for such a long time without any energy policy . |
| 2 | thrashed them out of sight , could n't fucking believe it , when you 've seen a pool table , erm , pool game go on for two hours , that 's when you know you |
| 3 | If the Government want to fetch every one of those issues to the Floor of the House , I am quite prepared to do exactly the same , and every day we shall have points of order that go on for half an hour — |
| 4 | After a briefing session from Motson , they all go solo for 30 minutes of commentary on England v Brazil at Wembley . |
| 5 | If there are 38 of them on the line , 38 go together for ten minutes and then , of course , the line stops . |
| 6 | and go in for five |
| 7 | He mumbles when I go in for specific points , he puts an accent on , but I think he 's trying to tell me Hess is dead . |
| 8 | Why do n't you go in late , go in for eleven o'clock on a Friday |
| 9 | Research in child development suggests that there appear to be no differences between male and female humour , at least until school age , where boys go in for practical jokes more than girls . |
| 10 | But that one As you saw from the the past papers that 's a usually quite a bit of marks go in for that . |
| 11 | ‘ You can get a good view of the moonlight on the lake , if you go in for that sort of thing . |
| 12 | I gather there are plenty of crackpots who go in for that sort of thing . |
| 13 | Berkeley denies that we go in for such calculations in judging distances . |
| 14 | send you these things , I go in for all the competitions and I never put a stamp on the envelope unless I 'm ordering something |
| 15 | Cos we only go in for one drink to cel , celebrate Penny 's birthday with her . |
| 16 | Buck rabbits on their own seldom or never go in for serious digging . |
| 17 | They go in for querulous and disputatious argument . |
| 18 | Well I mean all men go in for these model things . |
| 19 | So that 's probably why they go in for more of these courses things |
| 20 | My predecessor as librarian did , I admit , go in for some rather unpleasant stuff towards which I have no inclination , but being a libertarian I 'm certainly not going to act as censor . |
| 21 | We also learnt that one can integrate the interests of motorists by using bypasses to take through traffic away , and go in for traffic-calming measures which work . |
| 22 | You go in for three days and you have a big dose of drugs . |
| 23 | You go away for thirteen weeks on a course with the dog , you 're introduced to the dog you 're gon na work with , yeah ? |
| 24 | sometimes they come to Edinburgh and then go away for six months and come back to Glasgow |
| 25 | After dinner , it 's like , it gives them a taste of what it 's like they go over for odd |
| 26 | That 's where they go through for new words ! |
| 27 | We shall see whether I 've learnt enough when I go up for those exams . |
| 28 | The best thing she could do was take a shower , get dressed and go out for some fresh air . |
| 29 | Shout , they 'd shout something but er well since we 've been living up here , my mother used to give , the man used to come for the order for the grocery , the baker used to come round , the milk used to come round , they all used to come round at she 'd ha she did n't have go out for heavy loads of stuff to bring in it was all delivered , but when they started some new technique of er of ordering by computer , it 's going to come back to square one again you know , they 'll be delivering stuff in the same jolly old way hey . |
| 30 | and then if I , I go out for another one , that means two evening evenings back |