Example sentences of "go [adv prt] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said it had been going on for a few months . ’ |
| 2 | It is part of a rather complicated arrangement that has been going on for a few years now . ’ |
| 3 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’ |
| 5 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 6 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |
| 7 | The talking went on for a few moments then the sudden , all too familiar , sound of a mortar bomb leaving the barrel . |
| 8 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 9 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |