Example sentences of "going [adv] for the [noun] " 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ We only wanted athletes of distinction and no one is going along for the trip , ’ Murray said . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’ |
| 8 | He was n't going in for the Eddie . |
| 9 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 10 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 11 | 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 ? ’ |
| 12 | And that was for them going just for the day . |
| 13 | He must , if he is going away for the winter , turn off the water and empty the boiler . |
| 14 | Sorry , old boy , going away for the weekend . ’ |
| 15 | I sha n't be there , gone out , going away for the weekend . |
| 16 | And then you 're going away for the weekend ? |
| 17 | ‘ Going away for the week-end , are you , love ? ’ she said . |
| 18 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |
| 19 | It 's hard to imagine UI going elsewhere for the stuff . |
| 20 | ‘ You 'd make them a lot happier if you 'd start singing again , ’ Candy returned , going unerringly for the jugular . |
| 21 | And then you could go on going home for the vacations . |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll take a quick break for some tea and then we should be ready to run it up in another hour , ’ he briefs Captain Tuck-Brown , who has come across to check on progress before going home for the day . |
| 23 | No , the , the , the extension of them going up for the cup and all , that 's what it was . |
| 24 | So that 's when I was eating my dinner , when they were going up for the cup and she fell asleep , well you know with the wine in you , here was my eyes all out for the count . |
| 25 | The marquees have been going up for the Hay on Wye festival of Literature which begins tonight . |
| 26 | And seen gillies going out for the Stenness Hotel s with sailing boats , I 've seen eight leaving there in the morning I went to school . |
| 27 | Is n't it awful to think your legs decide what your retirement 's going to be , but they do , more or less , so that if you th if you think a if you 've ever had any trouble with them you 'll realize , people say , you know , would you , we 're going out for the day , you coming ? |
| 28 | And , by the way , the reason I have to go is because Joanna is going out for the day with Ian Woodall . ’ |
| 29 | These friends from up north are coming for the weekend , so we 're going out for the weekend |
| 30 | And that 's all now so Val said she said I said to Cheryl now do n't you go and take Mervy away cos me and Ken certainly are n't gon na go and sit sit with erm the 's all dinner time so she said what they 're gon na do , they 're going out for the meal and everything and then they 're Ken are gon na go to Cheryl 's for the rest of the day So I said so that 's upset your plans then Val she said is n't it just ! |