Example sentences of "[was/were] go [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's more or less what we were going to do for Fenella and Caspar . |
| 2 | We need to shift to the procedure that we would probably have and a tell me if I 'm wrong I thought there was a sort of general agreement without it being sort of firmly agreed that we were going to go for a format of subject specific reports still coming to form tutor who would complete some sort of general report , is that |
| 3 | Were we on coke when we said , in the summer , that we were going to go for the sonnet ? ’ |
| 4 | The management team had , I 'll sit down if you do n't mind , the management team has decided that we were going to go for quality because it was a matter of survival . |
| 5 | We decided quite soon which charity we were going to go for , and we divided up . |
| 6 | It was a special comeback because we did n't really look as though we were going to score for much of the game . |
| 7 | ‘ But they were going to wait for Floy to get back ! |
| 8 | Little groups stood about talking of the war or Brighton or what they were going to cook for supper . |
| 9 | Well if you were going to come for me you 've got to drive and that and he 's still not up yet today , so I , I have to get Arthur to draw some money |
| 10 | They were erm a bit reluctant and were going to fight against it cos they thought they were going to look for er places to bury nuclear waste and it was shelved but I ca n't prove them right and I ca n't prove them wrong . |
| 11 | ‘ Er , ’ said Dorcas , ‘ well , they were going to look for Grandson , 39 , and we ca n't be sure that — ’ |
| 12 | There was a man who spoke a bit of English and he said they were going to send for a doctor , but I told them you suffered from fits and you 'd be all right . ’ |
| 13 | Well you know when my son was eighteen he and his friends were entertaining each other to pocket parties at which they were working out what University courses they were going to apply for |
| 14 | ‘ And I was even more astounded when I heard what Norwich were going to pay for him . |
| 15 | She 'd already decided what she was going to cook for Rohan — home-made tomato soup to begin with , then le rosbif with all the trimmings , although she was going to cheat on the dessert and buy one of the beautifully glazed tartes aux pommes from a pâtisserie . |
| 16 | we 've been slightly more amenable but invite to your club temerity to ask your Lordship rather me , but as I 'm on my feet , er ask your Lordship whether you could sit at all early on Friday as to help Mr er , I , I was little concerned to hear Mr say that he was going to wait for Mr he had responded because that would of course then extend more into Friday , it may be more sensible if Mr could have |
| 17 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |
| 18 | The things she was going to need for the baby ! |
| 19 | She regarded him suspiciously , and realised it was the best he was going to do for her . |
| 20 | He 'd been making a living , that was all , and now he was going to swing for it because the fucking book would n't fucking burn ! |
| 21 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 22 | I was going to apologise for being stupid on Sunday when you both disappeared . |
| 23 | I know sometimes erm people when they got their benefit , would try and do shopping for two weeks , but even that was unrealistic of how long they were , what they were buying was going to last for two weeks . |
| 24 | The vigil in the longhouses was going to last for a day , and perhaps for part of the next night at least . |
| 25 | I was going to arrange for one to attend you anyway . ’ |
| 26 | Probably he was going to ask for help in obtaining a pardon for Sidacai , and Alexei thought about telling him that it was Burun 's intent that he should be freed . |
| 27 | But he said he was going to ask for two . |
| 28 | I was going to ask for a couple of hours off and then he says , oh do n't bother ! |
| 29 | In the 1950s Willie had watched Ben Hogan practising for the Open , and he had promised himself he was going to carry for someone like him . |
| 30 | I was going to apologize for being stupid on Sunday when you both disappeared . |