Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was no way I was going to go for that . |
| 2 | She was n't going to stand for that ! |
| 3 | Disgrace ‘ It is an absolute disgrace that these thugs terrorised defenceless animals for no reason at all and even threatened our staff who tried to intervene and we are not going to stand for that , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm fed up with you Tories , ’ she said , ‘ this time I 'm going to vote for that nice Mrs Williams . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm very glad to hear it , my dear , perhaps you 'd pass my comments along the chain of command , because , you see , my wife 's been in the party for 47 years and now she says she 's going to vote for that Natural Law doo-dah . |
| 6 | How much childcare do Ministers think they are going to get for that sort of money ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm going to ring for that taxi . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 're going to pay for that , you son-of-a-bitch , ’ the man hissed through clenched teeth as he wiped the blood from his cheek with the back of his hand . |
| 9 | She had been scorned by Leinster and , if he knew anything about her , someone was going to pay for that . |
| 10 | Now presumably somebody in government or Whitehall has just taken a decision to , to go for it all in one year , I do n't know why , I , I do n't suppose we 're told why , but the , the consequence of the decision is actually going to be that people in Shropshire , our clients and social services are going to pay for that decision , either through paying charges for services that they now get for nothing , or by getting less services , er , and this does n't seem to be in line with the government 's stated aim of , of targeting money where it 's most needed . |
| 11 | Guess what , you ai n't getting paid for that . |
| 12 | Stinking out is impossible since the holes can not be blocked , and even really drastic measures like gassing fail for that same reason . |