Example sentences of "they have go [adv prt] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
| 2 | She wondered if the others were playing a joke on her : perhaps they 'd gone out for a walk ; perhaps , at this very moment , they were laughing at the thought of her waiting for a killer who would never come . |
| 3 | Then they 'd gone in for a look . |
| 4 | Without exception they were splattered in paint as if they 'd gone in for action art . |
| 5 | So out of that stalemate negotiations have begun and they 've gone on for three years . |
| 6 | they had beautiful clothes and they 've gone on for years like that . |
| 7 | They 've gone out for a walk to have a cigar but as far we 're concerned they 're not having a cigar . |
| 8 | They had gone on for a long distance , before arriving at a door in a long , anonymous wall ; the letter bearer , a gloomily serious young man with eyebrows which met across his brow , maintaining a severe silence throughout the journey . |
| 9 | What I had meant to say was that he was being inducted as a churchwarden , and the two of them had gone off for the ceremony — my friend was having a busy day ! |