Example sentences of "going [adv prt] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has been going on for a while — but not on the scale it is happening now . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I lived in my house for going on for a year |
| 4 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 5 | The uprising is certainly an historic event , but the conflict over Palestine has been going on for a century now . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But erm you see , they suggested going down for a meeting he 's up to his eyes in it ! |
| 8 | I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Jonadab and his two sons were just scraping their boots at the back door , prior to going in for a mug of tea . |
| 13 | Now , that obviously means , colleagues that we 're , we 're going over for a period of time , but we 're er slightly behind this afternoon , so certainly need to be trying to pull some work back . |
| 14 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 15 | Why , you going up for a Chinese ? |
| 16 | Just wait here , I 'm going up for a bath first , you can |
| 17 | They were going out for a west end meal in the evening . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm going out for a bit . ’ |
| 19 | She said , ‘ I 'm going out for a bit to see Dickie . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm just going out for a bit . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 22 | Has Mum told you that we 're going out for a Chinese ? |
| 23 | all going out for a Chinese because it 's this girl 's birthday tomorrow , so there 's er eight of them all going out . |
| 24 | Kissing or touching another man in a sexual way or even just going out for a drink without telling a partner is regarded by most as being unfaithful . |
| 25 | Mr Venables of Lilac Grove , Whitby , Ellesmere Port , collapsed at a friend 's flat in Rock Ferry after going out for a drink in May . |
| 26 | She told the Liverpool inquest that on March 9 this year they had argued about her going out for a drink with some friends in the city centre . |
| 27 | we 're all going out for a drink with yourselves I think . |
| 28 | Oh Mary 's going out for a drink as well . |
| 29 | I 'm going out for a while . |
| 30 | When the name of a group of fishes is mentioned as going out for a swim all the members walk around the monsters in a circle . |