Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] go [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 31-year-old ex-paratrooper 's prize for retaining his title at Wembley on Saturday night was £10,000 , which does not go far for a full-time body builder who downs half a dozen eggs after his breakfast cereal and eight to 10 chicken breasts a day when ‘ bulking up ’ . |
| 2 | Homer does not go overboard for the stereotype of the well-meaning , but stressed carer who may snap once or twice out of exasperation . |
| 3 | The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess . |
| 4 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 5 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 6 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 7 | And let us be quite clear that the fact that any particular system does n't go on for ever does n't mean it was n't God 's will when it came in . |
| 8 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 9 | Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’ |
| 10 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |