Example sentences of "be going [adv] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 2 | ‘ Now we 're going home for the first proper Christmas Laura has ever had , ’ said Fran . |
| 3 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 4 | The whiplash dynamics of Batman Returns represent the culmination of a process that has been going on for the last 15 years . |
| 5 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 6 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |
| 7 | ‘ The Division 's been going out for the last fifteen years ; slowly but surely . ’ |
| 8 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 9 | Plans are going ahead for the proposed course — arrival on the Friday 16th May — start 17th May and end 23rd May — departure Saturday 24th May . |
| 10 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 11 | At the Invalidenstrasse crossing , an older man wept as he explained : ‘ I 'm going across for the first time since August 12 , 1961 . |
| 12 | Well if you remember that the Jarrow marches and the general strike were n't very many years erm you know be behind the preparations that were going on for the second world war . |
| 13 | In times past , I had tried to get across to the continent as much as possible , but now , while other people were going abroad for the first time because of all the cheap travel around , I was ( without intending to be anti-social ) doing exactly the opposite and taking a look around the British Isles . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a very good thing he 's been involved in the pre-tour training at Lilleshall and is going along for the first three weeks of the Indian tour to bowl in the nets . |
| 15 | I do hope you and Per and the girls are well , and that work is going satisfactorily for the two of you and studies likewise for them . |
| 16 | Master John 's going up for the high one . ’ |
| 17 | The war was going well for the galactic empire . |