Example sentences of "go in for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Lottery will be the enemy of proper planning in all areas ; it will encourage short-term thinking , and it will be the perfect excuse for the Treasury to go in for the kind of sleight-of-hand just described . |
| 2 | Like a car needs to go in for the M O T , you 've got ta |
| 3 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
| 4 | Her mother goes in for the bingo . |
| 5 | When Frank heard that Michael thought of going in for the prize on this set book he was indignant and sent a message to Michael , ‘ Who in his senses would read a book by a bishop ? ’ |
| 6 | He was n't going in for the Eddie . |
| 7 | Headlines like RAPIST OF 16 WAS LIKE A VULTURE GOING IN FOR THE KILL and TOMBSTONE RAPIST LIKE A VULTURE ? couple of popular dailies , but the first was from The Times and the second from the Sun . |
| 8 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 9 | ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’ |
| 10 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 11 | It 's gon na cost me a fair bit to get lines to the house I want so I 've got , er I , the problem is with , as dad was saying this morning , the majority of people when they 're starting their business they go to the wall because oh they 're going in for the , oh it 's gon na be a quick sale |
| 12 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 13 | There will be video feedback too , and those who feel up to it can go in for the local skischool giant slalom race . |
| 14 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
| 15 | You gon na go in for the rounders ? |
| 16 | They go in for the emotional point of view , and I thought it would help them see me in a fatherly light , giving him my own name . |
| 17 | Apart from saying he had given up singing and trumpet-playing , he invented things , such as that his school had suggested he go in for the Young Musician of the Year contest . |
| 18 | And is that for children who are living there or just go in for the day ? |
| 19 | Just go in for the day till their parents go to work I think . |
| 20 | One of the things that I used to do was train and I know the feeling , I know the excitement , I know the adrenalin that pumps round the body , when you go in for the kill . |
| 21 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |
| 22 | Like Marx , William 's grandad went in for the broad dialectic of history and was n't too fussy about the fine print . |
| 23 | The Spartans offence then fumbled the ball and seconds later running back Eric Okatu went in for the Tornadoes ' second T.D . |
| 24 | The Iliad went in for the triumvirate in the Ladbroke of 1991 at Leopardstown and then the biggest success of all came at Cheltenham where Destriero was supposed to have landed a gamble of over £1m in taking the Supreme Novices Hurdle . |
| 25 | The court room at the Old Bailey was hushed dock went in for the jury to return for their verdict . |
| 26 | I think we said to you on Friday erm both me and Roger actually said that he he went into er he went in for the kill and he c he came out with slaughter |
| 27 | when I went in for the steamer |
| 28 | If you look at the people who went in for the Olympic Games , right up to the Second World War , erm you would call them amateurs . |
| 29 | I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day . |
| 30 | None of the European resorts has yet gone in for the wholesale investment in snow-making which we see in the United States , mainly because the capital outlay is enormous and the running costs extremely high . |