Example sentences of "go [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little need for directions : a much-trodden path goes upstream for two miles to Thornton Force , there crossing open ground to Beezley Farm for the return alongside the eastern stream . |
| 2 | Oh it seems a long way to go just for five days skiing . |
| 3 | The week after next I have to go away for two weeks . ’ |
| 4 | " I had to go away for several days and while I was gone your mother saw some papers in Devraux 's desk . |
| 5 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |
| 6 | The conversation is about how to respond to an invitation to " step outside " at a party : the gist of B's turn is that if someone were to ask her to go outside for " fresh air " at a party , she would not want to go outside for fresh air , and would not go . |
| 7 | I 've been going downhill for several days now . |
| 8 | Chapman stuck to his policy of going only for top-class players , for he knew the crowds would come to watch stars like Clem Stephenson and Charles Wilson , and with Huddersfield 's limited supply of soccer enthusiasts it was essential to use every means to attract them . |
| 9 | You lot definitely going away for this week |
| 10 | And just as she was feeling sure and secure , a smile becoming a real part of her as she gloried in the feeling growing between them , Lucy gave her to understand that she was going away for three weeks . |
| 11 | Then Guy told Leonora he was going away for three weeks to Wales , to take photographs for a travel book , and suggested she went with him . |
| 12 | I am going home for two days . |
| 13 | Wherever they were at school , a number of deaf children were unfortunate enough to stay there the whole duration of the war , neither seeing their parents nor going home for any holiday . |
| 14 | She turned to me at one point , after going non-stop for twenty hours , and said : " I just ca n't remember your name " . |
| 15 | We 're going mainly for wild water buffalo , banteng and seladang , " said the senator , his resonant Southern drawl sounding loud in the stillness that lay over the river . |
| 16 | On the contrary , they feed when food is available , frequently going without for several days , and then gorging . |
| 17 | If you are going abroad for three months or more , tell your local social security office well in advance . |
| 18 | Pensions can be paid to an overseas address , if you are going abroad for three months or more . |
| 19 | Although we have been going there for 10 years the excitement of seeing all our friends will never ever die and I hope it is going to stay a good , clean Holiday site for many years . |
| 20 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 21 | In the diary Mr Springhall reports how the emigrants ' luggage was searched going aboard for intoxicating liquor , and how the ‘ stress of weather ’ kept the ship in port before before setting sail . |
| 22 | I mean there 's no reason because we have n't got men 's issues , because all issues are men 's issues , nobody expects a male Prime Minister to go for any particular issue , but why should we expect a woman Prime Minister to go particularly for certain issues ? |
| 23 | They were all Dreamers , and if Daine was n't brought back to Princetown , things would go badly for all Dreamers everywhere . |
| 24 | Even his own notorious plant , which had consistently gone downhill for ten years under his active leadership , had been steadily increasing efficiency and output for several weeks without interruption . |
| 25 | He was gone perhaps for five minutes . |
| 26 | After a briefing session from Motson , they all go solo for 30 minutes of commentary on England v Brazil at Wembley . |
| 27 | If there are 38 of them on the line , 38 go together for ten minutes and then , of course , the line stops . |
| 28 | Yes , her and I went together for seventeen year , before us got married . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I think we had better go inside for some explanations , ’ he said with a sigh . |
| 30 | You go away for thirteen weeks on a course with the dog , you 're introduced to the dog you 're gon na work with , yeah ? |