Example sentences of "go [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also goes on for bloody ages . |
| 2 | At home he decided to go in for wholesale enclosures , encouraged his tenants to take long leases by reducing their rents , and instructed them in modern scientific methods . |
| 3 | New York drug dealers seem to go in for sophisticated marketing ploys . |
| 4 | Edwina , the worldly mother-in-law who goes in for interior decoration . |
| 5 | Corinthian Geometric goes in for small vessels of very high technical quality , simply and elegantly decorated . |
| 6 | In the afternoon , one or both of us goes in for extra teaching , discussions , etc. in the afternoon , and then we eat dinner at 6 . |
| 7 | He also goes in for creative self-plundering by way of rhetorical and dialectical self-parody . |
| 8 | The conversation is about how to respond to an invitation to " step outside " at a party : the gist of B's turn is that if someone were to ask her to go outside for " fresh air " at a party , she would not want to go outside for fresh air , and would not go . |
| 9 | All the happening was going on for other people miles away . |
| 10 | There has been work going on for sometime in developing user friendly programs for statistical analysis which are ‘ intelligent ’ in that they include many checks for pitfalls and errors . |
| 11 | ‘ Hard to tell what 's going on for sure . ’ |
| 12 | Is a search still going on for missing material ? |
| 13 | Chapman stuck to his policy of going only for top-class players , for he knew the crowds would come to watch stars like Clem Stephenson and Charles Wilson , and with Huddersfield 's limited supply of soccer enthusiasts it was essential to use every means to attract them . |
| 14 | We never seem to be going in for young players from lower divisions anymore . |
| 15 | I said , well she 's er she 's going in for medical secretary . |
| 16 | I told them I told that I was going home for good when the sister hurted herself . |
| 17 | As far as chartered accountant trainees are concerned , Mr Jones argues , ‘ you have all the aggravation of training them on high salaries and the disruption to a small office with their going off for long periods of study leave , and at the end you do n't keep them . |
| 18 | ‘ She was going off for short stays at the Home , and then every weekend to give me a break . |
| 19 | Morland says most of its tenants are meeting the sales targets but those landlords faced with fines say the lights on their pubs could soon be going out for good .. |
| 20 | A medical model has a strict routine , whereas a social work model allows for more individual autonomy and choice in matters such as times of getting up , going to bed , and going out for independent activities , which might conflict with staff shifts and rotas . |
| 21 | We 're going mainly for wild water buffalo , banteng and seladang , " said the senator , his resonant Southern drawl sounding loud in the stillness that lay over the river . |
| 22 | Tomorrow I 'm going upstairs for good . |
| 23 | In the diary Mr Springhall reports how the emigrants ' luggage was searched going aboard for intoxicating liquor , and how the ‘ stress of weather ’ kept the ship in port before before setting sail . |
| 24 | I mean there 's no reason because we have n't got men 's issues , because all issues are men 's issues , nobody expects a male Prime Minister to go for any particular issue , but why should we expect a woman Prime Minister to go particularly for certain issues ? |
| 25 | Like all long-term coughers he had developed a noise-reducing technique , and all that could be heard was a chuck-chuck-chuck sound that would go on for long minutes at a time , gradually winding down like a clockwork drummer until every scrap of air was squeezed out of his poor concrete lungs . |
| 26 | Like a true professional , Floyd was determined the show would go on for New Year 's Eve at his pub , the Maltsters Arms . |
| 27 | ‘ And she did n't go in for violent amateur dramatics with a bunch of friends ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We are not a national daily ; we do not go in for moral crusades . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said . |
| 30 | But the troops will only go in for humanitarian reasons including the protection of supplies . |