Example sentences of "[vb past] go for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle . |
| 2 | I thought you said you 'd gone for the evening , Rosalind . â |
| 3 | The shelter that Jenny had found for me was in Camden Town , not too far away , so in order not to arrive there before it got going for the evening , I dawdled a little , window-shopping . |
| 4 | I just did n't quite judge it right , so I decided to go for the hole rather than ipe the team out ! |
| 5 | Preston drained his glass and decided to go for the bottle in the next interlude . |
| 6 | He joined the RAF fresh from A-levels and says he decided to go for the degree so he would have another string to his bow . |
| 7 | The set had reached deuce when Mrs Beattie decided to go for the advantage point . |
| 8 | I decided to go for the barn and struck lucky twice in a row . |
| 9 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 10 | A few days before the European Planning Committee was due to meet , Mueller decided to go for the jugular . |
| 11 | He decided to go for the label of being a careful writer . |
| 12 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling â Fire â + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ tâ : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 13 | He had seen them at the County Show , where he had gone for the rabbits , all those girls with plaits and scrubbed faces and clean gloves , doing an exhibition ride . |
| 14 | The other had gone for the Wood but had entered well away from the large conifer Werewolf headed for . |
| 15 | A big blond sergeant , minus helmet , had gone for the ringleaders in the anoraks and had two of them in headlocks , one under each arm . |