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

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1 If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’
2 And as I started to go for the third man , I heard the sound of police whistles , and then two policemen arrived with the woman , and the third thug ran for it .
3 It could also pay to go for the next larger filter if your pond is alternatively stocked .
4 As far as I can see , there is not likely to be anywhere for it to go for the next five or 10 years , except east on the A47 or south on the A6 .
5 ‘ I 've been trying to go for the last half-hour , ’ he whispered , ‘ but you wo n't let go of my neck ! ’
6 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 ) .
7 B — can scarcely rise , the referee is in a fit of temper , attacks P — with stool , P — chases him round ring — gong goes for the 4th round — P — still has stool so B — picks up the water bowl and with a terrific bang lands it on P's head .
8 the fire alarm goes for the third time .
9 Or would Eden think of the air marshals , and the children who had lost their parents in a blitz , and former warriors who had seen too much blood on a battlefield , and exercise a silent veto , by going for the second preference ?
10 They 've got to keep working and going for the second ball .
11 If in doubt , keep two provisional subjects going for the first half of the first term — and then drop the one that appeals to you the less .
12 The Ryehill Course near Bloxham in Oxfordshire is where we 're going for the first in a new series of the Friday Feature .
13 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 ’ .
14 Half my year 's gon na be gone , and I 'm sort of , going for the third year , and it 's really heavy .
15 The other Senate seat up for election went for the first time to the PAN , which won 17.7 per cent of the vote and secured 92 seats in the Chamber of Deputies .
16 So the Irish went for the next best thing , consultative status , getting a toe in the door .
17 Finally , on Saturday 23 June , the Wordsworths left Alfoxden , and went for the last time down the wooded lane through the deer park , past the beech trees and hollies where , on a day in March , they had sheltered from a hail storm , past Christopher Tricky 's hovel near the dog pound , and past the ‘ loud Waterfall ’ , whose sound would always echo in their memories .
18 I went for the last fitting of my dress .
19 And the most dangerous players in the world today are those athletic and financially secure ones who calculate risks with the astuteness of a bank manager , but go for the first prize , if possible , and the subsequent contracts , knowing that if the high-flying fairway wood does n't clear a ditch at Augusta , they can still enjoy a steak dinner tonight , thanks to a pitch and single putt !
20 go for the last , before Christmas that was six months .
21 Go for the last couple of lines whate whatever stage you 're at .
22 When Sir John let go for the second time at the age of 86 in 1982 , he put Littlewoods in the hands of the first non-family chairman .
23 Not a snap or a twang , but the hamstring had gone for the second time in successive matches .
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