Example sentences of "going [adv] for [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Army bomb disposal experts arrived at Dorton late this afternoon to join the search of the trackside that had already been going on for four and a half hours . |
2 | It is reported on the front page of The Times today that the common agricultural policy — that squalid policy which is costing British families an average of £18.50 a week each — will destroy the world free trade talks , which have been going on for four or five years , and involve just about every country in the world . |
3 | The needless slaughter has been going on for more than a century . |
4 | The strike , in support of a suspended colleague , has been going on for more than a week . |
5 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
6 | We keep we keep going on for longer and longer but it 's taking a lot longer for us to get any closer . |
7 | so I 'm going in for twelve and finish for eight |
8 | So in that sense , the build the , the equities have kept pace , but if you think in the short term , you 'll always be out of , out of order with shares , if you 're thinking of going in for three or four years , you you 're likely to get your fingers burnt . |
9 | I told them I told that I was going home for good when the sister hurted herself . |
10 | Yet if this had taken place in her grandmother 's room , he would have found plenty of bottles there , a cupboard-full , going back for two or three years . |
11 | Keep going back for more and more . |