Example sentences of "[Wh pn] go [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're the one , I would say , who goes in for aggression . ’ |
| 2 | A man who goes in for abduction does n't merit explanations , and neither , ’ she went on , warming to her subject , ‘ does anyone who can purloin other people 's property , quite deliberately and without conscience , have any right to spout morals at me . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not the only one who goes in for charades , ’ he said harshly . |
| 4 | He could not abide those who went in for exhibitionism , considering such to be irreligious . |
| 5 | Turnip salad with capers is no shock today and raw choucroûte salad , an idea Pomiane had picked up in Moscow — buy very fresh choucroûte from the charcutier and stop at the village pump to wash it thoroughly , he told those of his French readers who went in for picnics on canoeing and automobile excursions — should be the joy of vegetarians . |
| 6 | Some of these types who went in for murder as a professional thing would probably take you to the cleaners as soon as look at you . |
| 7 | She was critical of what she called ‘ strong-minded women ’ , who went in for stridency and useless eccentricity , preferring the ‘ sound-minded women … who can take a journey by railway without an escort , who can stand by a friend through a surgical operation , and who yet wear ordinary bonnets and carry medium-sized umbrellas ’ . |
| 8 | I do n't know who went off for Batty , I was just relieved when he did . |
| 9 | The metal softener is used by stage magicians who go in for spoon-bending and such-like . ’ |