Example sentences of "go in for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side .
2 But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’
3 There will be video feedback too , and those who feel up to it can go in for the local skischool giant slalom race .
4 Apart from saying he had given up singing and trumpet-playing , he invented things , such as that his school had suggested he go in for the Young Musician of the Year contest .
5 They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name .
6 Like Marx , William 's grandad went in for the broad dialectic of history and was n't too fussy about the fine print .
7 If you look at the people who went in for the Olympic Games , right up to the Second World War , erm you would call them amateurs .
8 None of the European resorts has yet gone in for the wholesale investment in snow-making which we see in the United States , mainly because the capital outlay is enormous and the running costs extremely high .
9 I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day .
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