Example sentences of "[be] going for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 've never advertised before which is unlikely if we 're going for high fli you know high flier |
| 2 | Among Max 's other hobbies are going for long walks , travelling in the car and sitting on the fax machine , which always gives him a surprise when it starts working . |
| 3 | ‘ We are going for maximum expansion . |
| 4 | ‘ They are going for maximum output from this reduced acreage and that in turn means that they have to use all the most cost-effective technology — including chemicals as and when required . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm going for easy shots . |
| 6 | The whole point is what am I going on to , I 'm going for free are n't I ? |
| 7 | He , he , he said that at one point this chap had used the phrase that well that they were going for controlled destabilization from the Health Service . |
| 8 | A NEW management consultancy is going for broke . |
| 9 | Alastair 's going for Front Street at Nottingham number five in the two twenty , Thomo 's going for General Pershing in the two o'clock at Cheltenham . |
| 10 | Stirling was going for broke . |
| 11 | Not for the first time , she was going for broke ; she tried to tell herself that nothing much bad could happen , at the worst she could be discovered and thrown out , but somehow the stakes seemed much higher . |