Example sentences of "[noun] go for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the first contestant to go for the top prize , Marine Captain Richard MacCutchin who , oddly , specialized in haute cuisine , pulled it off by describing the ingredients of a royal banquet given by George VI to the president of France , three-quarters of American television sets were tuned in to watch him wrestle for the answers . |
| 2 | B — can scarcely rise , the referee is in a fit of temper , attacks P — with stool , P — chases him round ring — gong goes for the 4th round — P — still has stool so B — picks up the water bowl and with a terrific bang lands it on P's head . |
| 3 | If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less . |
| 4 | The Secretaryship , possibly joint with Club Stewardship , was in the control of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Young from 1914 to 1921 at which Annual General Meeting they were presented with some silver ‘ for keeping the club going for the last six years ’ . |
| 5 | ROTOR WING FLIGHT TEST Going for the big stuff |
| 6 | The pattern of attacks has not really changed at all ; the Iraqis go for the Iranian oil tankers on the shuttle from Kharg Island to Larak Island , and the Iranians then retaliate with a burst of rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire against almost any vessel unaccompanied by a warship . |
| 7 | Left : With psychological jammed knots in place , the author goes for the first ring on Renaissance ( E2/3 5c ) , Cross Hill , Adrspatch ( photo Graeme Ettle ) . |
| 8 | Concentrate on essentials Go for the main points of the lecture , not details . |
| 9 | His third round of 67 left them all for dead , and with 11 holes to go for the Open he was ten shots ahead of the field . |
| 10 | A door into the hallway , a door beyond that , and Schmidt going for the french window that let on to the patio . |
| 11 | Tools are expensive , but it is often a false economy to go for the cheapest . |
| 12 | The market place can be confusing but Trader Horn picks his way through the mire Going for the grand tour . |
| 13 | He heard the bell go for the High Mass , and knew now that Caterina would n't be coming ; so he left the byre . |
| 14 | Only one person remarkably said that Oxford United would win by one goal to nil , I think loads of people go for the three ones or the four ones or things like that . |
| 15 | At Anderson 's a Georgian inlaid mahogany chest on chest went for the princely price of £1,300 while A Victorian 4 foot 6 inc bed with raised back made £1,100 and a Georgian inlaid mahogany serpentine front library table realised £1,050 . |
| 16 | The other Senate seat up for election went for the first time to the PAN , which won 17.7 per cent of the vote and secured 92 seats in the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 17 | By the second of eight peaks Ervine was well clear but continued to keep his fast pace going for the full 14 mile distance and knocked over nine minutes off the course record clocking 2 hours 14 minutes 16 seconds . |
| 18 | they 're playing tonight to leave tomorrow clear for the internationals … the only Gloucester man going for the Grand Slam … is Mike Teague … he 's back in the England pack at twickenham |
| 19 | ‘ Younger girls go for the full frilly dresses . |
| 20 | After his success in rebuilding morale in Scotland , Chris Green went for the big one — London . |
| 21 | If you have £2,000 go for the Northern Rock Building Society with 7.88% net . |
| 22 | Eire straits : POD go for the major effort |
| 23 | The Profitboss goes for the best people , but never apes . |
| 24 | the fire alarm goes for the third time . |
| 25 | This book seems to be based on the techniques I have long suspected some producers use to keep a discussion going for the full length of a programme whether there is anything in it or not , to keep up the emotional temperature even about unexciting things , and to emit statements which are just distorted enough to get people objecting , whether they are worth objecting to or not . |
| 26 | It 's all systems go for the Northern Woodworking and DIY Exhibition which is being supported by Traditional Woodworking magazine . |
| 27 | Others go for the split screen , interactive , file transfer only approach , where you can copy files to and from either machine , but little else . |
| 28 | Do n't want people to think Walter went for the tartish type . |