Example sentences of "going for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My habit of going for long walking and cycling trips alone further exacerbated my reputation for oddness . |
| 2 | Among Max 's other hobbies are going for long walks , travelling in the car and sitting on the fax machine , which always gives him a surprise when it starts working . |
| 3 | To avoid this aggravation , I used to spend my weekends going for long walks by the river . |
| 4 | ‘ Our favourite times are Sunday afternoons , cooking , watching television and going for long walks . ’ |
| 5 | He remembered one time he 'd walked up here , in May , after she had started seeing him in the afternoons and going for long walks along the canal-side . |
| 6 | I , I look at these science things where , you know , they 're sending these things , America 's sending them , it 's been going for two year thousands of miles an hour , you know , probably a minute er and the as the man came over who went to the moon , the top man , to lecture and he was asked innumerable questions and one was do you think there 's anything up there ? |
| 7 | she said ‘ We 've been going for two months with very long hours . ’ |
| 8 | He and his wife were going for two months . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's unlucky for Mo right now , but there are five strikers going for two places and I 've got to grab my chance . ’ |
| 10 | The idea of the bill was to keep them going for two weeks , you know , so they can change their mind and … |
| 11 | It was not until they had just left the Church that Joan discovered they were going for two weeks to Tenerife . |
| 12 | It was been going for two years . |
| 13 | As an interim measure , the council decided on 14 March to give the nod to about £45 million to keep projects going for one year , ‘ It 's a complex mix , ’ one official said . |
| 14 | She 's only going for one class . |
| 15 | The team has only been going for one term and we have only played two matches against other schools . |
| 16 | I 'm going for easy shots . |
| 17 | Plumer determined to take the plateau in four meticulously planned stages ; he opted , as he had at Messines , at each stage to concentrate his effort , going for limited objectives with strong artillery support . |
| 18 | Yep I 've decided I 'm not going for that Audi Matt |
| 19 | I think he had a thing about it particularly because he knew the record company really was going for that song because the first American space shot was coming up . |
| 20 | What 's actually happened is , first of all Tracey 's leaving , she 's been promoted to Area Telesales Manager for Talking Pages so she 's going up to Slough and Michelle will be going for that position , and one other girl and the two others that are on management development , one is now leaving cos she 's like , burnt out , she does n't want to do it any more and the other one 's going into the field so it 's literally just me and this other girl and Michelle , but I 'm obviously just starting , but next time around it 'll just be me again Di , and Dianna is good at her work |
| 21 | Let's see if he does , he comes Chapel now , to bowl to him and he hoicks that away on that leg side , that 's the area you 're gon na try and hit it , that 's four runs , anywhere near it , so making intentions plain , he 's going for that leg side boundary , that was a real power shot , hit with a spin , this is exactly the way he played at Hove , he got away with it there , he moves on to twelve , I think there 's going to be a field change as a result of that and quite rightly so . |
| 22 | Yeats divagated into Virgil 's territory only when , in 1915 , he wrote Per Amica Silentia Lunae , going for that title to Aeneid , 2 , 255 : A Tenedo tacitaeper amica silentia lunae . |
| 23 | You going for that card are you ? |
| 24 | Remember that we are adjusting to the track rhythm , not going for all-out speed yet — that would be risky . |
| 25 | We 're on the same side and you know and I know that some of the troops are gon na find that , I , my opinion is that some of the troops will find that hard going for eleven weeks unless they know exactly what the hell they 're supposed to be doing in |
| 26 | And therefore the schools should remember this when looking into going for other options , which may mean there 's very little difference between them and the D S O , and the fact that th that the profits made by the D S O will be lost if they have n't got that contract , and I think that 's a very important point that they should take on , and I think a lot of schools miss out on that particular idea . |
| 27 | Are you going for other interviews for instance ? |
| 28 | But of course , I mean , we know little about it they do say if you have had a heart attack it 's no good you know , as soon you get up and you start eating going for five mile walks |
| 29 | No sooner did he reach York than he resurrected the York Quarterly and kept it going for five years and nineteen numbers , with the arms of the see on the outer cover , and underneath , ‘ Editor : the Archbishop of York ’ . |
| 30 | Eldorado 's death knell has been heralded since the week it started on July 6 , although BBC bosses had said they would keep it going for five years despite the torrent of criticism . |