Example sentences of "[noun prp] go [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well A Alison goes out for one evening so that means I have to get back early for that evening |
| 2 | That was the sort of thing I could imagine Denny and Kay going in for , at least in theory . |
| 3 | At Magdalen Bridge , Dennis went ashore for more champagne , which passed from hand to hand as we negotiated the lower reaches of the river . |
| 4 | Doogie went straight for Shifty-Eyes ' face with his forehead , launching himself like an American footballer going over the opposition for a touchdown . |
| 5 | It can be said of these strong-minded and independently gifted accomplices that their work shows a dimension of reciprocity and replication , of the production unit , which stands at an appreciable remove from parody and plagiarism , and from the mimicry of other people 's voices which is comprehended in the term ‘ ventriloquism ’ , which Amis goes in for in private , among friends , and which is also a pleasure of the novels he writes . |
| 6 | ‘ Wetherby goes downstairs for bread and cheese , and fails to reappear . |
| 7 | Leslie Crowther goes home for Christmas |
| 8 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 9 | Hall , in fact , might well have won in straight games , as he led 9-6 in the opening game and then missed four successive smashes to allow Baddeley to go ahead for the first time at 10-9 . |
| 10 | No fool , Berenson went in for finding ‘ Isabellas ’ ; Mrs Gardner fancied herself as America 's answer to Isabella d'Este , the great Renaissance art collector . |
| 11 | Kim Barnes went along for a preview . |
| 12 | The Spartans offence then fumbled the ball and seconds later running back Eric Okatu went in for the Tornadoes ' second T.D . |
| 13 | Nigel went on for years basking in the glory of his first book . |
| 14 | Nigel went off for his first term , and when he came back he was Oliver . |
| 15 | TV STAR Leslie Crowther went home for Christmas dinner yesterday two months after a road crash left him in a coma . |
| 16 | The war between England and Spain went on for sixteen years after the defeat of the Armada , with a good deal of the English effort being undertaken by private ventures like Drake 's ( though they were easier to acknowledge once war had begun officially ) . |
| 17 | Stephen goes out for his dinner , he 's young . " |
| 18 | I do n't know how often Rotherhithe goes in for gunfights , but this could be one of ours . ’ |
| 19 | Paul Ashmead went over for try number 7. 42-7 the final score ; perfect preparation for this week 's crunch game against Bath and even the coach is smiling . |
| 20 | Ted went in for it all with great , childlike alacrity . |
| 21 | His father , however , preferred that Farrar went in for a professional career , and Farrar was articled to a firm of architects and surveyors in Northampton , becoming a Fellow of the Geographical Society . |
| 22 | They remembered with joy when Alberta Monterecchio went in for culotte suits in satin , velvet and even leather , just when the mini skirt was appearing . |
| 23 | The following morning , Connor went out for a stroll before breakfast . |
| 24 | Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena . |
| 25 | But Melrose simply took their feet of the brake and Craig Redpath and Bryan Redpath went over for tries . |
| 26 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 27 | By the time Harry went downstairs for breakfast he was in excellent spirits , heightened by an underlying feeling of excitement . |
| 28 | Let's have a realistic attitude : Batty went there for the money . |
| 29 | The wind caught it and it bounced awkwardly for the St Aloysius defence and Roy Montgomery went in for a try under the posts which was converted by Ross Houghton . |
| 30 | Biggar in Lanarkshire and Wick in Caithness go in for bonfires and torches , while at Stonehaven in Kincardshire young men parade with blazing fire balls . |