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 . ’
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