Example sentences of "the [noun] go for " in BNC.

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1 She slipped the newspaper cutting into the top drawer of her bedside chest , then took the opportunity to go for a walk by herself , without Josh .
2 The result was that the Seayak went for an unscheduled underwater swim round campsite bay .
3 In both cases the money went for tickets to fund-raising parties organised for Mr Takeshita .
4 ( If the case goes for trial rather than arbitration , solicitor 's costs will be allowed subject to the normal rules ) .
5 The Blues ' Graham Marshall gets one in the eye as McIntosh of the Reds goes for broke during his impressive Scottish Trial performance .
6 Richard Lambert , editor of the FT , says the decision to go for Labour was a collective one taken with senior colleagues , although he did write the article himself .
7 The decision to go for darker shades was a brave one , as many hoteliers opt for pastels or similar standards in the erroneous belief that they will not cause offence .
8 And yes , a district general manager should 've resigned because he had an interest in the decision to go for the Trust status .
9 The decision to go for a greenfield site was taken in June , 1992 , and the countdown to Highbridge — a site within reach of all employees , with good motorway links — began soon afterwards , ’ he said .
10 Whereas the Chinese would take only clear amber and the Dutch had a preference for it , the Russians went for cloudy amber .
11 Secondly , it is seen in a whole host of tactics and alternative strategies to the simple procedure of insisting that the sufferer goes for treatment just as he or she would do for any other disease .
12 All the pylons go for their guns
13 Now , when Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves came out , Kevin Costner was the one your mother fancied , and Christian Slater was the one all the teenagers went for .
14 Two thirds of the cars go for export , to the United States , Australia and Europe .
15 Father wants tandoori duck , mother something green , the kids go for nachos except for studious Cecil , who wants Raymond Blanc in a package .
16 The club went for another batsman instead , and that 's why I was intent on resigning .
17 The Secretaryship , possibly joint with Club Stewardship , was in the control of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Young from 1914 to 1921 at which Annual General Meeting they were presented with some silver ‘ for keeping the club going for the last six years ’ .
18 The fuel would have been sufficient to keep the boat going for only a couple of hours , he added .
19 The declining importance of religion in social life in general , and in particular the declining influence of Christianity on the great moral questions of the day was ( and is ) the spur to action that has kept the NVALA going for over twenty years .
20 The pattern of attacks has not really changed at all ; the Iraqis go for the Iranian oil tankers on the shuttle from Kharg Island to Larak Island , and the Iranians then retaliate with a burst of rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire against almost any vessel unaccompanied by a warship .
21 Now , you start that building that information into the first statement of the girl goes for a walk .
22 If the kerfuffle is well publicised ( which this one was ) , its effect is much stronger — especially as the onlooking equity markets are now in just the mood to go for gold .
23 With VAT on fuel bills scheduled for 1994 and 1995 , the strategy is beginning to shape up as one aimed at allowing the Conservatives to go for a tax-cutting Budget in 1996 or 1997 in an attempt to win back ground in the run-up to the election .
24 And if the fish went for his belly , he knew that he would be dead .
25 These days the Glaswegian goes for consistency in the first ten places while riding as an understudy to a leader like LeMond .
26 If so , provide an opening yourself and as the opponent goes for it , rock back and punch over the top .
27 Left : With psychological jammed knots in place , the author goes for the first ring on Renaissance ( E2/3 5c ) , Cross Hill , Adrspatch ( photo Graeme Ettle ) .
28 ‘ We rarely have been in a position where he has had the confidence to go for it , ’ said Gray .
29 If the racket came right I felt it gave him the confidence to go for the shots .
30 They did n't look the sort to go for a ramble
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