Example sentences of "going [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even while the war was going badly for the English , they suffered fewer major military defeats , and fewer English nobles had to pay ransoms than received payments from their French equivalents . |
| 2 | ‘ It has been going on for a while — but not on the scale it is happening now . |
| 3 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 4 | I lived in my house for going on for a year |
| 5 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 6 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 7 | But certainly by the end of the 17th century there was a huge concert up there at this time of the morning going on for an hour . |
| 8 | They tell us what 's been happening on the unit that we 're going to be working on , so that we know what 's been going on for the morning . ’ |
| 9 | In the West End there seems at the moment a tendency to rely too much on the goodwill of actors which is often accompanied by a failure to maintain a true interest in what is going on for the actor . |
| 10 | ‘ We only wanted athletes of distinction and no one is going along for the trip , ’ Murray said . |
| 11 | So erm I was feeling a bit edgy about this when we were in the pub after the concert cos I thought maybe he 's reading things into it and I , you know , I was just going along for the music . |
| 12 | In November 1974 , it was he who talked me into going along for the audition for ‘ New faces ’ at the Blue Angel nightclub in Leeds . |
| 13 | Now I did not have the slightest intention of going down for a drink : all the drinking I was going to do was at the reception — if I ever got to the wedding . |
| 14 | But erm you see , they suggested going down for a meeting he 's up to his eyes in it ! |
| 15 | I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them . |
| 16 | he 's applied to the Metropolitan police , he 's going down for an interview in June |
| 17 | They 've suggested a meeting down there but , my point i I feel that there 's no point going down for an argument cos that 's all it 's going to be . |
| 18 | point going down for an argument . |
| 19 | ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ? |
| 20 | My hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk , North ( Mr. Howell ) spoke recently on the radio about his idea of paying , say , £100 a week to people joining a community task force , enabling them to obtain work experience and contribute to society , which does not simply mean filling in holes in the road but involves going in for a range of useful activities , from working on environmental improvements to caring for the vulnerable in society . |
| 21 | so , if , if , if they 're all four of them coming er and she says about going in for a meal I shall say oh well if you feel like it go and do that then and come for your tea I mean it 's just putting them round table is n't it ? |
| 22 | Jonadab and his two sons were just scraping their boots at the back door , prior to going in for a mug of tea . |
| 23 | ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’ |
| 24 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 25 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 26 | 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 ? ’ |
| 27 | Paddlers are then faced with the choice of going upstream for a mile to Broomhill Bridge or downstream 3 miles to Grantown-on-Spey to lift out . |
| 28 | Our Dawn thinks she 's going just for a tea party when they to ask her to drink owt she just takes her time and drinks it . |
| 29 | And that was for them going just for the day . |
| 30 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |