Example sentences of "go in for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to go in for a bit , but there 's loads of people in there and I ai n't got no washing to do . |
| 2 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 3 | ‘ The players have to be prepared to put themselves into dangerous positions , to go in for a hard tackle , be brave and take the blows . |
| 4 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |
| 5 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 6 | You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first . |
| 7 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 8 | He goes in for a sort of hall-of-mirrors self-impersonation , telling people how he would have done the murder if he had done it ( which he has ) . |
| 9 | Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag . |
| 10 | Chris , tall , lithe and manly , strips off and goes in for a swim in his panda-briefs . |
| 11 | Everyone goes in for a little enhancement , one way or another . |
| 12 | Yeah , and if goes in for a pint he gives you a packet now . |
| 13 | A packet now , goes in for a pint . |
| 14 | Jonadab and his two sons were just scraping their boots at the back door , prior to going in for a mug of tea . |
| 15 | My hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk , North ( Mr. Howell ) spoke recently on the radio about his idea of paying , say , £100 a week to people joining a community task force , enabling them to obtain work experience and contribute to society , which does not simply mean filling in holes in the road but involves going in for a range of useful activities , from working on environmental improvements to caring for the vulnerable in society . |
| 16 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 17 | ‘ The only problem is , my car is going in for a service , so maybe you could do me a favour and give me a lift there ? |
| 18 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 19 | I er I think erm it 's silly not to have it er when you 're going in for a new set . |
| 20 | so , if , if , if they 're all four of them coming er and she says about going in for a meal I shall say oh well if you feel like it go and do that then and come for your tea I mean it 's just putting them round table is n't it ? |
| 21 | if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … . |
| 22 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 23 | Should she go in for a drink ? |
| 24 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 25 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 26 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 27 | You can go in for a drink . |
| 28 | Aye , we were gon na go in for a Sunday dinner once and it was all shut , ca n't have my dinner . |
| 29 | Might as well go in for a bit because . |
| 30 | A paint-effect wall makes a beautiful backdrop , whether you try your hand at sponging or go in for a more adventurous colour-wash finish . |