Example sentences of "go in for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I voted for this government because they said they were n't going to go in for that sort of rubbish . |
| 2 | Yes , Americans , erm I have the impression , they 're being rather slow to go in for this sort of Federal legislation . |
| 3 | New York drug dealers seem to go in for sophisticated marketing ploys . |
| 4 | Edwina , the worldly mother-in-law who goes in for interior decoration . |
| 5 | In the afternoon , one or both of us goes in for extra teaching , discussions , etc. in the afternoon , and then we eat dinner at 6 . |
| 6 | He also goes in for creative self-plundering by way of rhetorical and dialectical self-parody . |
| 7 | " I reckon you 're very wise not going in for this lark , " Joanne said , shifting the mound of her body uncomfortably under the bedclothes . |
| 8 | I said , well she 's er she 's going in for medical secretary . |
| 9 | But the non-conformists did n't go in for much decoration . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ We should go in for wholesale demolition of buildings from the Sixties and Seventies . |
| 12 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
| 13 | I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 14 | ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 15 | My family did n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 16 | Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’ |
| 17 | They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment |
| 18 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 19 | Parker did not go in for German beer . |
| 20 | er There is obviously a certain party atmosphere at Conferences , it 's the one big chance of the year for many many hard-working activists to get together and share ideas , it does engender er a certain amount of frivolity er around the edges , so we 'll see some of that , but we do n't go in for this cult of leadership which the other parties do , you wo n't see any manufactured longstanding ovations for er leaders . |
| 21 | I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret . |
| 22 | They do n't go in for this sort of thing . |
| 23 | ‘ You can get a good view of the moonlight on the lake , if you go in for that sort of thing . |
| 24 | I gather there are plenty of crackpots who go in for that sort of thing . |
| 25 | Cos we only go in for one drink to cel , celebrate Penny 's birthday with her . |
| 26 | Buck rabbits on their own seldom or never go in for serious digging . |
| 27 | Well I mean all men go in for these model things . |
| 28 | They never went in for small talk ( ‘ Had a nice day at the office , darling ? ’ complete with obligatory peck . |
| 29 | When I first went in for forensic medicine he used me a lot and I got a great deal of experience I would n't otherwise have had because he was never too proud to ask for a specialist opinion . |
| 30 | Well it 'd probably be the June or July before I went in for this exam , which they did n't hold very frequently and er then I had to pass this exam and that I could leave school in the August , Bank Holiday . |