Example sentences of "go [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little need for directions : a much-trodden path goes upstream for two miles to Thornton Force , there crossing open ground to Beezley Farm for the return alongside the eastern stream . |
| 2 | Oh it seems a long way to go just for five days skiing . |
| 3 | You had to go ashore for that . |
| 4 | The week after next I have to go away for two weeks . ’ |
| 5 | " I had to go away for several days and while I was gone your mother saw some papers in Devraux 's desk . |
| 6 | I have to put him into kennels tomorrow as I have to go away for some time and they insist that he be fully vaccinated . ’ |
| 7 | What , well , we had a very large sitting dining room where we put er our dining room furniture at one end and as , the sitting room furniture at the other , it was very large actually , a Nissan hut does n't look very big , but it is quite big and we had one large bedroom where we got all our furniture in there and then there was er a kitchen , and there was an Elsan lavatory in the garden which er you had to go outside for that , and er , we bought a full length galvanized bath like an ordinary bath upstairs and there was a boiler in the kitchen so we used to light the fire of the boiler , fill the boiler with water from the tap , we had a , oh we had all sorts of er innovations that made life easy as could be in the circumstances , we had er hose pipe from the kitchen sink into the bathroom , we managed to get about three baths a week , cos it , it was a terrible fag , but we did , and then you just emptied the bath out and out in the drain outside you know . |
| 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 | But Jay did n't want to go home for three , what , four hours to mope over Lucy , alone ? |
| 10 | He and his Ibiza neighbour , Keke Rosberg , were both fed up with the sport , and things were going badly for both of them . |
| 11 | I 've been going downhill for several days now . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Because Edith now Edith was going away for some unknown reason , I do n't know , she must have been going on another holiday anyhow . |
| 14 | that 's why he 's selling it , he 's going away for seven |
| 15 | You lot definitely going away for this week |
| 16 | And just as she was feeling sure and secure , a smile becoming a real part of her as she gloried in the feeling growing between them , Lucy gave her to understand that she was going away for three weeks . |
| 17 | Then Guy told Leonora he was going away for three weeks to Wales , to take photographs for a travel book , and suggested she went with him . |
| 18 | I told them I told that I was going home for good when the sister hurted herself . |
| 19 | I am going home for two days . |
| 20 | Wherever they were at school , a number of deaf children were unfortunate enough to stay there the whole duration of the war , neither seeing their parents nor going home for any holiday . |
| 21 | She turned to me at one point , after going non-stop for twenty hours , and said : " I just ca n't remember your name " . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | On the contrary , they feed when food is available , frequently going without for several days , and then gorging . |
| 24 | If you are going away on holiday like I go away on holiday and probably some your colleagues and you 're going abroad for two three weeks , it makes commonsense to try and protect your home as soon as you possibly , as much as you can by isolating the risk . |
| 25 | If you are going abroad for three months or more , tell your local social security office well in advance . |
| 26 | Pensions can be paid to an overseas address , if you are going abroad for three months or more . |
| 27 | Although we have been going there for 10 years the excitement of seeing all our friends will never ever die and I hope it is going to stay a good , clean Holiday site for many years . |
| 28 | Christopher had obviously been going there for some years . |
| 29 | Tomorrow I 'm going upstairs for good . |
| 30 | 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 . |