Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , the computer goes down for a hour , it 's three-quarters of the day to get everything back and validated , and that 's a major interruption . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 3 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 4 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 5 | Schools went in for a lot of physical education , ‘ drill ’ , which involved jumping about in a drafty hall with your skirt tucked into your knickers if you were female . |
| 6 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 7 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 8 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 9 | All the general SVQ tutors , and the SVQ co-ordinator went away for a three-day residential to develop the programme . |
| 10 | Kim Barnes went along for a preview . |
| 11 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 12 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 13 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 14 | They 've suggested a meeting down there but , my point i I feel that there 's no point going down for an argument cos that 's all it 's going to be . |
| 15 | point going down for an argument . |
| 16 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 19 | The following morning , Connor went out for a stroll before breakfast . |
| 20 | Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena . |
| 21 | Nosey parkering round the piles of recently acquired books while her hostess goes off for a pee , she announces on Rainbow 's return — ‘ I was right . |
| 22 | My favourite 10 seconds of Bruce Springsteen is the irresponsibly euphoric opening holler of 1980 's Hungry Heart : ‘ Got a wife and kids in Baltimore , Jack / I went out for a ride and I never went back ’ , but he never lets go like that here . |
| 23 | Very few part-time farmers went away for a holiday so this should not be difficult . |
| 24 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 25 | When the court sat we were told that the King had died then the court went out for a while . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first . |
| 28 | But certainly by the end of the 17th century there was a huge concert up there at this time of the morning going on for an hour . |
| 29 | She started going through her bag , making sure she had everything , like a woman going out for an ordinary evening . |
| 30 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |