Example sentences of "[noun pl] go [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Children and church helpers spent Saturday afternoon making certain there were enough traditional Mothering Sunday posies to go round for mothers of all ages .
2 He had the order books going back for years and years and he was able to show me .
3 The festivities went on for days .
4 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 .
5 Lights go out for Leeds
6 The build up for the old firm game with Rangers went on for weeks .
7 Spurs go back for goal ace
8 It 's affecting fox cubs and hedgehogs , the mothers go off for water and leave orphans .
9 When the string of horses goes out for exercise who takes leads er , leads them out ?
10 Wolves go up for sale at £4m .
11 There were dark schemes afoot , he said — some with their roots going back for years — and if Hitler could achieve it , the replacement of King George by his brother could only occur at the cost of Winston 's life .
12 Most houses had their windows barred as standard ; wealthier householders went in for burglar alarms .
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