Example sentences of "going [adv] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But maybe your Ministerial colleague is n't going right for the very top , McLeish thought with unreasonable conviction , and you were going to stop her working at Yeo Davis when you could . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's been going on for a long time , but yer Mum 's bin very foolish an' so have the rest . |
| 3 | There are already many alternatives to the research carried out on animals which has been going on for a long time . |
| 4 | Here was this summer evening , their forms seemed to say , to be enjoyed by all , going on for a long time yet , with more ahead , and the fair when they felt like it , and the fireworks . |
| 5 | This world has been going on for a long time , oh god knows how many , five hundred thousand million bloody years and eventually it 's going to , it , it , it , it 's going to explode and go |
| 6 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 7 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |
| 8 | This , like the argument about human progress , suggests that the universe can have been going only for a finite time . |
| 9 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 10 | I er I think erm it 's silly not to have it er when you 're going in for a new set . |
| 11 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 12 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 13 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 14 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 15 | I knew she was unhappy about his going away for a whole weekend when she was too sick to accompany him . |
| 16 | Next Sunday she was going home for a special birthday tea they were arranging for her . |
| 17 | You all thought it was great fun — going off for a hot weather holiday ! |
| 18 | Well it 's quite fun just going off for the odd day cos then he goes off to see Ian , he enjoys that but it was two afternoons last week cos I did Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon |
| 19 | The artistic reason is that he is old-hat ; Catalans prefer to be known for the airy constructions that are going up for the Olympic Games . |
| 20 | Master John 's going up for the high one . ’ |
| 21 | For semiconductor makers not already committed to building 16-megabit production lines , the case for going straight for the 64-megabit device looks increasingly attractive . |
| 22 | So , instead of going straight for the big one , we decided to build up our acclimatisation by first visiting some of Kenya 's other mountains . |
| 23 | If I 'm going out for a professional dinner , something formal , I will wear an evening dress . |
| 24 | You may have to carry a spare set if you are going out for a full day 's detecting as charge life can be as low as five hours , and ni-cads should not be recharged until they are spent . |
| 25 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |
| 26 | It was a pleasant voice , with an undertone of humour , and Alexandra was immediately jealous , envisaging Matthew and his secretary in his office , laughing together , sharing jokes about his work , perhaps going out for a quick meal before they both went home . |
| 27 | She started going through her bag , making sure she had everything , like a woman going out for an ordinary evening . |
| 28 | Right , that 's why you 're going out for the whole evening , for the water eh ? |
| 29 | Although the haze had restricted visibility forward Spencer recalls that he could see down quite well and everything seemed to be going smoothly for a controlled emergency landing . |
| 30 | But there was no going back for the impoverished Miss Theodosia Kyte . |