Example sentences of "went for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When he went for the audition , playwright Bernard Kops and director David de Keyser had already cast Melvyn Hayes in the lead role and asked the star to read scenes with those trying for the other parts .
2 they had , they went for the weekend did n't they ?
3 I mean Bradford went for the initial
4 I waved to Toby and went for the door .
5 A long pass by Andy Gregory almost conceded an early try but Graeme Hallas knocked on as he went for the interception .
6 You claim on the one hand how wonderful you were in securing grants for under the I D O. You actually sold this city short because you went for the I D O without making sure that your Government paid the extra money that robbed that robbed
7 They looked at each other and laughed as they went for the top A and each found that no noise came out at all .
8 Can I have a look at those menus that some of you brought in did i , cos we 've got some with a la carte did anybody get sort of erm a pub grub menu or No , you all went for the top of the range .
9 No not for the , I do n't think they went for the day .
10 I went for the day and I saw Christopher Reed superman .
11 The same went for the man who complained in the following terms to a local government committee for ‘ Better Football ’ : ‘ I visited the New Stand lavatories .
12 Yuri soon started tapping his sock-clad feet in tune to the beat of the music , while one floor below several women in leotards went for the burn .
13 Annette spent the intervening time with her son who had been made as comfortable as possible and she told him that she would stay with him until he went for the operation and would then go home but would return first thing in the morning .
14 ‘ I went for the Enterprise Allowance a couple of years ago , ’ says London graphic designer Trevor Jackson , 22 .
15 Despite the reservations of his trainer he next went for the Melbourne Cup : he started even-money favourite , but pulled his way to the front in a slowly run race against the wishes of his jockey and faded in the straight to finish third .
16 I checked and the Peterborough players with me went for the check .
17 The same went for the Brontës ( Charlotte 's late marriage being irrelevant ) , so in a perfect world , we should certainly have been deprived of these characters .
18 To begin with , thieves went for the likes of Golf GTis and BMWs , but now bread-and-butter cars are also being taken .
19 Place was further of the opinion that what he described for London went for the country as a whole .
20 The Letter of 1027 reports that he visited Rome to pray for the redemption of his sins and the security of his subjects , and tells how he had negotiated with the pope a reduction in the sums paid by English archbishops when they went for the pallium .
21 I just went for the price .
22 We got a birdie at the 11th by using the 1-iron when Johnny went for the 3-wood , got on , but not near enough to make the birdie putt .
23 So where do you think he went for the winter ?
24 I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation .
25 Sheldukher 's hand went for the voltage control .
26 Roared on by a massive contingent of supporters , Gloucester then went for the kill .
27 There were a few jumping jacks in the goalmouth though , as Villa went for the kill .
28 Notts County about to cave in as Town went for the kill .
29 there was no stopping Oxford then … they went for the kill … and looked to have got it when Anton Rogan blasted them into the lead …
30 Girls , money , fast cars — it was the choice between that and working in a factory for the rest of your life , and I went for the girls — ‘ I 'll have the girls and all the money , please . ’
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