Example sentences of "going for [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeats divagated into Virgil 's territory only when , in 1915 , he wrote Per Amica Silentia Lunae , going for that title to Aeneid , 2 , 255 : A Tenedo tacitaeper amica silentia lunae . |
| 2 | He , he , he said that at one point this chap had used the phrase that well that they were going for controlled destabilization from the Health Service . |
| 3 | It is almost impossible to keep such a tight regime going for any length of time . |
| 4 | ‘ They are going for maximum output from this reduced acreage and that in turn means that they have to use all the most cost-effective technology — including chemicals as and when required . ’ |
| 5 | The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers is going for another plant-in on land adjacent to Port Meadow in Oxford . |
| 6 | Oh look , it 's Richard Branson going for another record in his big balloon — go on , bomb the bearded bigwig ! |
| 7 | But , but we are adjusting our rates and going for more work on the basis of a group , |