Example sentences of "have [adv] gone [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typically , Gedge has since gone in for his usual strict self-criticism . |
| 2 | However the subscription has not gone up for 2 years and it is only a 15p per week rise . |
| 3 | A disused Victorian toilet block has just gone up for sale . |
| 4 | The arts community has always gone in for manic attention-seeking , of course — the oxygen of publicity ( to borrow a phrase ) being crucial to its survival . |
| 5 | The debate has now gone on for thirty minutes . |
| 6 | I 've trained her , but she has n't gone in for the exams . |
| 7 | None of the European resorts has yet gone in for the wholesale investment in snow-making which we see in the United States , mainly because the capital outlay is enormous and the running costs extremely high . |
| 8 | ‘ Diana is an Uptown girl who has never gone in for downtown men , ’ observes Rory Scott . |
| 9 | But I think they 'd just gone back for the money creed and once you get that well erm they do n't realize that they could be falling into the trap unless we blokes stand firm now to maintain this standard of living . |
| 10 | In the second incident , involving the credit card , he had only gone along for the ride , and had not used the card himself , said Mr Harper . |
| 11 | The idea seemed to fit Lucy 's current expression , as though all hands had already gone down for the third time . |
| 12 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 13 | Incidentally , it does n't include the disposal of Smithmark We 've also er we 've also gone in for other cost reduction exercises , for instance at er Dalton with a review of warehousing and distribution er , we should save about a million pounds in a full year and we 've been ramming home to our chief executives the need for annual payroll reviews to be geared to the profitability of the company rather than t rather than to the rate of inflation er , or even , er in , even the market place . |
| 14 | After an evening of pleasure and profit with my friends in Bank Street , I had clearly gone out for a drink or two . |
| 15 | They 've dearly gone on for years not knowing , let alone tonsillectomies , what |
| 16 | He 's only gone back for |
| 17 | He 's just gone out for … but I never heard what it was , because I went . |
| 18 | Pike was standing by a wooden rack of pamphlets , including What Has Old Mother Walsh to Say to Us ? and a large , colourful one for the kiddies entitled Daddy is n't Dead , He 's Just Gone Out for a Bit . |
| 19 | Oh , service with a smile , he 's probably gone out for a coffee ! |
| 20 | who were the religious police who were actually watching , so we have n't gone back for a while |
| 21 | yes , well I do n't know , I suppose that nearly all er the houses in Harlow you could say are open planned now , you know had a , had er , a , kitchen dining area that we have , erm or erm lounge , diner , erm they have n't gone in , in this , the ordinary houses , they have n't gone in for building |