Example sentences of "[prep] going [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 2 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
| 3 | I was thinking of going up for something myself , but I really ca n't be bothered to move actually . |
| 4 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought of going out for some choc bars , ’ he would say , adding sotto voce as his daughter ran for her anorak , ‘ and I thought we might drop off at the gym/piano teacher's/library on the way … ’ |
| 6 | Philip Larkin , a life-long bachelor , memorialised that dilemma in ‘ Vers de société ’ ( 1971 ) , a short poem where the conclusion , though finely balanced , is only marginally in favour of going out for the evening . |
| 7 | Austin , Texas-based , Tivoli Systems Inc has appointed Chris Grafft as vice president of Unix development : the distributed management software company , which has collected $6m in venture money so far , is thinking of going out for a ‘ few million ’ more in a third round . |
| 8 | No talk of going out for meals then , everyone rushed off to their respective homes , grateful for the knowledge that they would not have to be back in the Variety Theatre until the ‘ half ’ on the Monday evening . |
| 9 | Eric Cantona 's 85th minute goal was far too little and unfortunately far too late to save Howard Wilkinson 's men suffering the agony of going out for the second time in the space of five weeks . |
| 10 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 11 | So in that sense , the build the , the equities have kept pace , but if you think in the short term , you 'll always be out of , out of order with shares , if you 're thinking of going in for three or four years , you you 're likely to get your fingers burnt . |
| 12 | I lived in my house for going on for a year |
| 13 | But Folly was in no mood to have her character analysed — and she knew that once her mother started on her favourite hobby-horse she was quite capable for going on for hours . |
| 14 | so , if , if , if they 're all four of them coming er and she says about going in for a meal I shall say oh well if you feel like it go and do that then and come for your tea I mean it 's just putting them round table is n't it ? |
| 15 | How about going out for a meal instead ? ’ |
| 16 | You were very insistent about going back for him . |
| 17 | I know there 's little pure E around ; most of it 's heroin , speed or acid ( LSD ) , but it 's still a feeling worth going back for . ’ |
| 18 | In November 1974 , it was he who talked me into going along for the audition for ‘ New faces ’ at the Blue Angel nightclub in Leeds . |
| 19 | You can eat octopus dunked in ouzo in a tiny harbourside taverna before going on for a five star dinner at an international restaurant . |
| 20 | As soon as school was finished we used to rush back to her house and start on our homework immediately , so as to have an hour or so for the passeggiata before going back for supper and finishing off . |
| 21 | Jonadab was in the depths of depression : he had kept the stallion in his stable and before going in for their midday meal , both father and sons were in consultation round the gentle grey . |
| 22 | They spend the next hour or so chatting before going in for lunch . |
| 23 | ‘ There — must be some other way , ’ she voiced her thoughts out loud , and , as the thought occurred , ‘ I can tell Travis that I do n't want to see him again without going in for this — this charade . ’ |
| 24 | Jonadab and his two sons were just scraping their boots at the back door , prior to going in for a mug of tea . |
| 25 | As opposed to going in for just the interviews . |
| 26 | When they returned with one last load Bicker stopped them -from going out for more . |