Example sentences of "be going for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My morale wo n't be shattered if we do n't win , I suppose we 're going for second place . |
| 2 | On top of that the new point to point season is off and running and that 's where we 're going for this week 's Friday Feature |
| 3 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 4 | I , I look at these science things where , you know , they 're sending these things , America 's sending them , it 's been going for two year thousands of miles an hour , you know , probably a minute er and the as the man came over who went to the moon , the top man , to lecture and he was asked innumerable questions and one was do you think there 's anything up there ? |
| 5 | The team has only been going for one term and we have only played two matches against other schools . |
| 6 | Erm the issue is is that potentially you could be goi we could 've been going for four point three extra people and we probably wo n't do that . |
| 7 | ‘ We are going for maximum expansion . |
| 8 | ‘ They are going for maximum output from this reduced acreage and that in turn means that they have to use all the most cost-effective technology — including chemicals as and when required . ’ |
| 9 | At 9.15 am , after his sand save on the 18th , he said : ‘ I 'm going for another kip . ’ |
| 10 | Aware , as she most certainly was , that she could not be pleased to see him — grief , if past experience was anything to go by , they 'd no doubt be going for each other 's throats before the meal was half over — Leith returned to the kitchen and prepared some salad . |
| 11 | What 's actually happened is , first of all Tracey 's leaving , she 's been promoted to Area Telesales Manager for Talking Pages so she 's going up to Slough and Michelle will be going for that position , and one other girl and the two others that are on management development , one is now leaving cos she 's like , burnt out , she does n't want to do it any more and the other one 's going into the field so it 's literally just me and this other girl and Michelle , but I 'm obviously just starting , but next time around it 'll just be me again Di , and Dianna is good at her work |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Maybe they were going for another pastrami sandwich . |
| 14 | The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers is going for another plant-in on land adjacent to Port Meadow in Oxford . |
| 15 | Let's see if he does , he comes Chapel now , to bowl to him and he hoicks that away on that leg side , that 's the area you 're gon na try and hit it , that 's four runs , anywhere near it , so making intentions plain , he 's going for that leg side boundary , that was a real power shot , hit with a spin , this is exactly the way he played at Hove , he got away with it there , he moves on to twelve , I think there 's going to be a field change as a result of that and quite rightly so . |
| 16 | I think he had a thing about it particularly because he knew the record company really was going for that song because the first American space shot was coming up . |
| 17 | ‘ Did he say anything about where he was going for this meeting ? ’ |
| 18 | Well that 's what I thought I was going for this morning as well as that one . |