Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] going for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I can see her going for that , ’ he said .
2 Right , so it 's twenty gallons per minute times , let's say you 've got it going for ten minutes , ten mins and the per minutes and the minutes cancel out and the answer comes in gallons then .
3 Eldorado 's death knell has been heralded since the week it started on July 6 , although BBC bosses had said they would keep it going for five years despite the torrent of criticism .
4 And organisers are hoping that the success of this event will keep it going for another half century .
5 The idea of the bill was to keep them going for two weeks , you know , so they can change their mind and …
6 Enough to keep them going for three days .
7 Enough to keep them going for three days .
8 Those U.S. immigration officials who inquire suspiciously if you have a permanent address to go to and sufficient funds to keep you going for 90 days would be providing a more humanitaran service were they to refuse admission to anyone unable to produce documentary proof of passing a course in how to order a American-style breakfast .
9 But you do not call an ecumenical Council and keep it going for four years at vast expense in order principally to repeat what is already well known to be the teaching of the Church .
10 No sooner did he reach York than he resurrected the York Quarterly and kept it going for five years and nineteen numbers , with the arms of the see on the outer cover , and underneath , ‘ Editor : the Archbishop of York ’ .
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