Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] going for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well that 's what I thought I was going for this morning as well as that one . |
| 2 | Not for the first time , she was going for broke ; she tried to tell herself that nothing much bad could happen , at the worst she could be discovered and thrown out , but somehow the stakes seemed much higher . |
| 3 | He , he , he said that at one point this chap had used the phrase that well that they were going for controlled destabilization from the Health Service . |
| 4 | It was not until they had just left the Church that Joan discovered they were going for two weeks to Tenerife . |
| 5 | Maybe they were going for another pastrami sandwich . |
| 6 | ‘ Did he say anything about where he was going for this meeting ? ’ |
| 7 | I thought he was going for three weeks . |