Example sentences of "go [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 This is not going to disappear overnight , it 's going to affect her for a long time , and she 's never going to catch up on the work that she 's missed over the last couple of months by having seven teachers in six weeks .
2 The judgment effectively absolved it of criminal and civil liability for causing approximately 3,500 deaths and injuries to thousands , and the final settlement was only a percentage of the orginial sum of $3.5 billion that the government was going to sue them for .
3 ‘ Are you never going to forgive me for that ? ’ he queried , and there was such bone-melting charm in him then that Fabia was glad that she was sitting down .
4 He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him .
5 That ‘ little grey home in the west ’ idea was n't going to fool her for a minute ; it was easy to see that the man sitting next to her loved every minute of his fast-living , action-packed life .
6 ‘ We are creating and missing so many chances that sooner or later we 're going to hit someone for six , ’ he said .
7 ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen .
8 And , if you 're travelling solo , no one 's going to compensate you for having to change your plans at the last minute .
9 Once when a policeman announced he was going to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly , Minton pointed to his helmet and expostulated , ‘ What !
10 She told me , ‘ Martha , you 've brought me your pay , like a good girl , and we need it all , but I 'm going to buy something for that lonely child at the Manor , ’ and she bought one , and here it is ! ’
11 Nobody 's going to fire you for that !
12 Well there 's no point in me watching it if I 'm going to record it for you .
13 How many men are you going to give me for this work ? ’
14 What we need to know now is what the Brigadier here is going to give us for lunch .
15 What 's mummy going to give you for your lunch .
16 But what you are saying is you 're not going to give it for free ?
17 Just for once , I 'm going to do something for me .
18 Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB .
19 ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment .
20 SR can not be all things to all women — it must be a reflection of the concerns of its editors , like any magazine and we must remember how harmful struggling for control of our ‘ tiny slice ’ of power can be and put our astonishing energy and feeling into creating a world in which we can expand and fill our rightful share of Smiths with our chosen , positive images of women — the men are n't going to do it for us .
21 ‘ She listened to me and said , ‘ I 'm sorry , darling , but I was n't going to do it for you .
22 All the women we spoke to agreed that it 's up to the families themselves to fight for their rights and recognition — sadly no one else is going to do it for them .
23 And if you do n't , not prepared to promote yourself , then nobody else is going to do it for you , and this is an ideal way of doing it , at , at fairly minimal cost .
24 You know , they 're not going to do it for nothing .
25 That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent
26 I 'll have a go , but I 'm not going to do it for two or three
27 If I do n't do things for you , you 're clearly not going to do anything for yourself . ’
28 ‘ He 's going to leave me for you ?
29 I was n't going to leave it for much longer at all .
30 So I think you need to be clear on what you are going to use them for .
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