Example sentences of "going [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even while the war was going badly for the English , they suffered fewer major military defeats , and fewer English nobles had to pay ransoms than received payments from their French equivalents . |
| 2 | But maybe your Ministerial colleague is n't going right for the very top , McLeish thought with unreasonable conviction , and you were going to stop her working at Yeo Davis when you could . |
| 3 | In the West End there seems at the moment a tendency to rely too much on the goodwill of actors which is often accompanied by a failure to maintain a true interest in what is going on for the actor . |
| 4 | Ramped Craft Logistic and mexeflote rafts had been arriving regularly throughout the night , continuing the build-up of vehicles and ammunition Which had been going on for the past two days . |
| 5 | In Guatemala too , the 1980s marked a high point of repression in a political conflict which has been going on for the best part of thirty years . |
| 6 | They tell us what 's been happening on the unit that we 're going to be working on , so that we know what 's been going on for the morning . ’ |
| 7 | The whiplash dynamics of Batman Returns represent the culmination of a process that has been going on for the last 15 years . |
| 8 | Well if you remember that the Jarrow marches and the general strike were n't very many years erm you know be behind the preparations that were going on for the second world war . |
| 9 | It is common for patients to appear for their first out-patient appointment with one or other of these problems , which has been going on for the previous few weeks . |
| 10 | PLENTY of barmy things going on for the next few days , as the Festival of Comedy gets underway . |
| 11 | ‘ We only wanted athletes of distinction and no one is going along for the trip , ’ Murray said . |
| 12 | In November 1974 , it was he who talked me into going along for the audition for ‘ New faces ’ at the Blue Angel nightclub in Leeds . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a very good thing he 's been involved in the pre-tour training at Lilleshall and is going along for the first three weeks of the Indian tour to bowl in the nets . |
| 14 | So erm I was feeling a bit edgy about this when we were in the pub after the concert cos I thought maybe he 's reading things into it and I , you know , I was just going along for the music . |
| 15 | The last time this happened I just managed to catch a glimpse of his two black eyes , going down for the third time , before I landed him . |
| 16 | ‘ Jackie , you do n't understand , I 'm going down for the big one . ’ |
| 17 | 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 ? ’ |
| 18 | He was n't going in for the Eddie . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He said he was going in for the Spot the Talent competition at the Easter Fete . |
| 21 | ‘ Are n't you going in for the Swimming Gala ? ’ |
| 22 | Who were going in for the exam and I were n't allowed to help them . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | And that was for them going just for the day . |
| 25 | ‘ Going away for the week-end , are you , love ? ’ she said . |
| 26 | Sorry , old boy , going away for the weekend . ’ |
| 27 | He must , if he is going away for the winter , turn off the water and empty the boiler . |
| 28 | I sha n't be there , gone out , going away for the weekend . |
| 29 | And then you 're going away for the weekend ? |
| 30 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |