Example sentences of "and go [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cuts out the middle men and women — the dreaded parents — and goes straight for the hearts and minds of kids . |
| 2 | Beth Llewellin lives near Ellesmere in Shropshire , and goes there for family shopping . |
| 3 | And the miserable hotchpotch of confused ideas and pressures was quietly buried in the depths of her mind , just as a wilderness of plants dies down and goes underground for the winter . |
| 4 | I often feel like I could pack up and go home for a holiday in Ireland . |
| 5 | Robbie and the dog had just returned from their stroll and she was about to lock up and go below for the night when a sound from the towpath caught her attention . |
| 6 | Depth is easier to convey pictorially if you avoid shooting your scenes square-on and go instead for diagonal compositions which lead the eye into the picture and direct it towards the centre of attention . |
| 7 | We ca n't just nip on a coach and go somewhere for the day . |
| 8 | We must know what we want , what kind of person we want to meet , and go straight for them . " |
| 9 | When the British started to go out of Britain and go abroad for their holidays their eyes were opened . |
| 10 | In 1839 Wellington persuaded him to resign from the Duchess of Kent 's household and go abroad for a time . |
| 11 | So do n't use detergent-based bubble-bath every day , and go more for bath oils than salts . |
| 12 | He used to stay at his club during the week , and go home for the weekends . ’ |
| 13 | Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock . |
| 14 | I need a lot of practice , too , but if I 'm in two minds on the range , I tone down the practice , get through the week and go home for a lesson . |
| 15 | I think they jump in the jeep and go home for mince and dumplings and a mug of instant coffee . ’ |
| 16 | He could n't dismiss the images , he could n't stay Time 's hand as it turned page after page of that memory-album until tears flooded his eyes at the scenes recalled : his mother , her brown hair screwed into a bun at the back of her head , taking him to see a house at Edgeworthstown where she said a famous woman writer had lived ; he had n't paid much attention , not being interested in books then , but when he grew older he read Maria Edgeworth 's novels and went again for himself to gaze at her home . |
| 17 | A man exclaimed , ‘ Shit ! ’ and went away for real . |
| 18 | ‘ We eventually fell madly in love and went away for a string of dirty weekends . ’ |
| 19 | But er it was n't long after that there was another big bang on the platform and they all sort of turned tail and went away for their own safety . |
| 20 | Agnes knew the room and went straight for the telephone . |
| 21 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 22 | Impatient as ever I skipped the help and went straight for the action ! |
| 23 | She began plunging the pole down into the pot once more but , feeling suddenly rebellious , she stopped work and went outside for a breath of fresh air . |
| 24 | As soon as it was light , I crept out of the room and went downstairs for a coffee at a nearby café . |
| 25 | Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn . |
| 26 | The attack began on 8 March and went well for the Italians at first . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure I sha n't need to do that ! ’ he said , and went home for his dinner . |
| 28 | Whilst there I was introduced to the nearby Cheshire Home and went there for five weeks . |
| 29 | He was crazy about New York and went there for long weekends . |