Example sentences of "go for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only … if only … if only there could be some way of reaching agreement , some way of reassuring each player that the other can be trusted not to go for the selfish jackpot , some way of policing the agreement . |
| 2 | If that question is applied to the hard track arid gets a positive answer then it is no longer enough to go for the easy choice . |
| 3 | Why was it everyone seemed to go for the easy way out ? |
| 4 | ‘ Not sure , really , though the little ones tend to go for the easy stuff . |
| 5 | However erm if if you as a panel are one minded to go for the new settlement option and two , er minded to make a ren recommendation about particular geographical locations or sectors , erm I for one would be very concerned that this would be done on the basis of of insufficient technical erm information . |
| 6 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 7 | Though physically a lightly built rugby player , he never hesitated to go for the top league and would be bounced and shaken regularly . |
| 8 | When the first contestant to go for the top prize , Marine Captain Richard MacCutchin who , oddly , specialized in haute cuisine , pulled it off by describing the ingredients of a royal banquet given by George VI to the president of France , three-quarters of American television sets were tuned in to watch him wrestle for the answers . |
| 9 | Choukeir will now decide whether to go for the French equivalent of an appeal ; a cancellation in the Supreme Court . |
| 10 | To go for the lapidary effect as such is sterile ; one tries for the lapidary because , if achieved , it is a guarantee of the verity of one 's feeling — Christian or non-Christian , as the case may be . |
| 11 | The men , who are interested in cash , are more liable to go for the big wood . |
| 12 | They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money . |
| 13 | They 've been through rehearsals and are ready to go for the big money . |
| 14 | You 've got to go for the big stuff . |
| 15 | Universities are ready to go for the big time and exploit their earning capacity in a way they have n't in the past . |
| 16 | A bookshop should be a familiar place , somewhere where one goes for the sheer love of books , for the smell and feel of them , for the companionship of others who share the joy of touching , holding , reading and learning . |
| 17 | But here 's Rozario Gemmell Black Pearce is up in support but he goes for the long ball in and Hill met it first . |
| 18 | She goes for the bold approach , transforming whole walls and courtyards with bright murals , herb mazes , whacky garden furniture . |
| 19 | Much the same goes for the British Museum . |
| 20 | It 's difficult to describe in detail without spoiling the effect for future viewers , something that goes for the whole film . |
| 21 | The same goes for the whole training initiative . |
| 22 | The same goes for the inductive reasoning by means of which scientific knowledge is derived from the observation statements . |
| 23 | Courtship is not all smooth going for the young male . |
| 24 | The Grand Union people , already very short of money , decided that there was little point at present in going for the wide gauge , especially as it was ( conveniently ) reported that traders preferred loading into narrow boats . |
| 25 | The market place can be confusing but Trader Horn picks his way through the mire Going for the grand tour . |
| 26 | they 're playing tonight to leave tomorrow clear for the internationals … the only Gloucester man going for the Grand Slam … is Mike Teague … he 's back in the England pack at twickenham |
| 27 | A door into the hallway , a door beyond that , and Schmidt going for the french window that let on to the patio . |
| 28 | It 's heavy breathing — and heavy going for the French superstar , who looks to us dreadfully overweight , with a beer belly suggesting he indulged rather too much in the culinary delights of Mauritius . |
| 29 | You 're always going for the safe line , no involvement and no chance of damage . |
| 30 | I 'm going for the full set . |