Example sentences of "go in for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Lottery will be the enemy of proper planning in all areas ; it will encourage short-term thinking , and it will be the perfect excuse for the Treasury to go in for the kind of sleight-of-hand just described . |
| 2 | Her mother goes in for the bingo . |
| 3 | ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’ |
| 4 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 5 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 6 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 7 | You gon na go in for the rounders ? |
| 8 | And is that for children who are living there or just go in for the day ? |
| 9 | Just go in for the day till their parents go to work I think . |
| 10 | One of the things that I used to do was train and I know the feeling , I know the excitement , I know the adrenalin that pumps round the body , when you go in for the kill . |
| 11 | The Iliad went in for the triumvirate in the Ladbroke of 1991 at Leopardstown and then the biggest success of all came at Cheltenham where Destriero was supposed to have landed a gamble of over £1m in taking the Supreme Novices Hurdle . |
| 12 | The court room at the Old Bailey was hushed dock went in for the jury to return for their verdict . |
| 13 | I think we said to you on Friday erm both me and Roger actually said that he he went into er he went in for the kill and he c he came out with slaughter |
| 14 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 15 | when I went in for the steamer |
| 16 | The driver of the van had been wanted for questioning , and the way CI5 had gone in for the arrest had clearly been the direct cause of the van 's destruction on the hot end of the booby-trap bomb it had been carrying . |