Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This at least gives him the freedom to go out for air and to do errands such as visiting local shops or going to the hairdresser . |
| 2 | Children and church helpers spent Saturday afternoon making certain there were enough traditional Mothering Sunday posies to go round for mothers of all ages . |
| 3 | The transcript goes on for pages and pages , and not a single word was said about any of those increases being phased in . |
| 4 | He had the order books going back for years and years and he was able to show me . |
| 5 | The festivities went on for days . |
| 6 | In recent weeks his perky figure has turned up twice in the winners enclosure on Northern tracks and when Dance of Words went in for Mick O'Toole last Friday night at Downpatrick this was his seventh winner since his return to Ireland . |
| 7 | This sport went on for hours , well into the evening . |
| 8 | Nigel went on for years basking in the glory of his first book . |
| 9 | I do n't know how often Rotherhithe goes in for gunfights , but this could be one of ours . ’ |
| 10 | And the criminal record goes back for centuries . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But Melrose simply took their feet of the brake and Craig Redpath and Bryan Redpath went over for tries . |
| 14 | Lights go out for Leeds |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Well people are not bound to lose , because some people do finish up ahead , but most people should expect to lose for the simple reason that bookies have got to make a living somehow , and therefore the odds that they offer to entice people to go in are such as to expect the bookie to make a profit , but that does n't mean to say that I am against the idea of people going in for gambling . |
| 17 | The build up for the old firm game with Rangers went on for weeks . |
| 18 | Gun gang go down for 1p |
| 19 | Spurs go back for goal ace |
| 20 | Of every hundred pounds that 's invested , round about forty pounds goes straight to the government in betting duty , round about thirty pounds goes to the football pools in expenses , commissions and profits , leaving round about thirty pounds to be returned in prizes , and so you can see that your rate of return on football pools is extremely small , but on the other hand a very large number of people do enter the football pools , and when they win they can win considerable sums of money and it can make absolute rational economic sense to go in for football pools because you are giving yourself a chance , no matter how small , of winning a sum of money that you would n't expect to come across in any other way of your life . |
| 21 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
| 22 | After the deluge , life goes on for trout |
| 23 | So the good life goes on for George . |
| 24 | As the committee sat down to meet , the call went out for women to leave the hall , and the male members of the committee to remain . |
| 25 | But it was then , it was from er shop floor that I that the , when the call went out for volunteers for , for the armed forces which initially was called Land Defence Volunteers , L D V , which eventually was broken down to look , duck and vanish army . |
| 26 | In May 1940 with the threat of invasion a call went out for volunteers for a new force to be known as the Local Defence Volunteers or for short L.D.V. This was later to be called the Home Guard and " Dad 's Army " . |
| 27 | It 's affecting fox cubs and hedgehogs , the mothers go off for water and leave orphans . |
| 28 | Reagan lifted the pipeline sanctions and Britoil went up for sale and Lech Walesa was freed . |
| 29 | The show goes on for Swindon , that 's for sure . |
| 30 | Another advantage was being near enough to the basecamp to go back for lunch ; not only did it mean we could have a hot drink but it avoided the clammy sensation , which Carole graphically described , of sitting down for lunch when you 're soaked on the outside and soaked on the inside . |