Example sentences of "[noun prp] go [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well A Alison goes out for one evening so that means I have to get back early for that evening |
| 2 | No fool , Berenson went in for finding ‘ Isabellas ’ ; Mrs Gardner fancied herself as America 's answer to Isabella d'Este , the great Renaissance art collector . |
| 3 | The war between England and Spain went on for sixteen years after the defeat of the Armada , with a good deal of the English effort being undertaken by private ventures like Drake 's ( though they were easier to acknowledge once war had begun officially ) . |
| 4 | and er , then of course Gilbert went off for another reason |
| 5 | After these exchanges , fighting in Kurdestan went on for some considerable time . |
| 6 | In the last week , Italian politics became even more chaotic than usual , and Germany went in for some ‘ neo-Nazism ’ . |
| 7 | Hunt goes on for two climbers after body is found |