Example sentences of "i [modal v] go [adv] for " in BNC.
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1 | I may go through for a day you know . |
2 | I may go through for a day you know . |
3 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I must go away for a week ? |
4 | " I must go in for my lesson now , " she said . |
5 | if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … . |
6 | The counsel given was probably the best in the circumstances , which was that I should go abroad for a break . |
7 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
8 | Yes well I 'll go fortnightly for a little while then it 'll tail off . |
9 | ‘ I think I 'll go home for a couple of hours then come back later , ’ replied Nina , standing up and draining her mug . |
10 | I 'll go across for the paper , so we got all the |
11 | " I say , darling , " Stephen said , " I think I 'll go out for a bit , blow the cobwebs away . " |
12 | ‘ I 'll wash my hair — and then I 'll go out for a walk . ’ |
13 | I could go on for pages . |
14 | I could go on for minutes on end . |
15 | I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell . |
16 | I could go on for some time sir , but I will now proceed to the technical planning matters . |
17 | But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear , |
18 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
19 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
20 | ‘ I suppose I could go in for advertising . ’ |
21 | You know the thing you went in for , , you said I could go in for recording ? |
22 | And I 'd go farther for a chance to have a look at people from this planet of mystery . |
23 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
24 | I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable . |
25 | I would go home for weekends , if I felt like it , and during the holidays . |
26 | Once or twice a year I would go home for a weekend to see my mother . |
27 | Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean . |
28 | Gareth 's ‘ BACK FOR GRUB ’ message was still pinned to the corkboard , and it was with a distinct sense of release that I remembered I 'd said that I would go back for his camera . |
29 | Oh I do n't think I shall go in for that . |
30 | When Tamar rose from the table , she remarked , ‘ I shall go out for a ride , Mama . ’ |