Example sentences of "go [adv] [v-ing] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Folly , I do n't want you to go on looking for a place of your own . |
| 2 | It also allows the police and Customs to permit accountants to go on acting for a client after they have disclosed suspicious activity to them . |
| 3 | A few youngsters may go on sniffing for a while — perhaps regularly with their friends . |
| 4 | We went on walking for a while , in silence . |
| 5 | You know , you go on looking for a solution to this difficult problem . |
| 6 | So the dream becomes a symbolic expression of this conflict and what very often happens is the there 's a kind of compromise in which you go off and look for the bathroom or the drink of water or whatever it is you want , but the dream keeps postponing you finding it , in order to lengthen the dream and the state of sleep , so you go on sleeping for a bit longer . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't go around looking for a job , ’ he said , ‘ though I 'm flattered by the speculation . |
| 8 | Er so so when you left school how did you go about looking for a job ? |