Example sentences of "go [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would be one less thing for him to worry about with regards to his mother , for she would still be mistress of the house , at least until the war was over , which might go on for a year , perhaps two . |
| 2 | ‘ He seemed to think the meeting might go on for a while . ’ |
| 3 | It 's always the programmer — it 's very , very seldom the computer — and if I could just go on for a minute , I feel it 's essential that young children , particularly in the primary schools , get used to using hardware and programing , so that they will see the computer as part of their normal lives , like reading and writing and anything else they use . |
| 4 | ‘ The likes of her 'll go on for a bit yet , ’ said Jack . |
| 5 | It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years . |
| 6 | And in some class rooms the kids are gon na go down for a variety of reasons , they 're gon na they 're gon na work their ticket and in other class rooms they wo n't ! |
| 7 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 8 | Might as well go in for a bit because . |
| 9 | Aye , we were gon na go in for a Sunday dinner once and it was all shut , ca n't have my dinner . |
| 10 | Should she go in for a drink ? |
| 11 | You can go in for a drink . |
| 12 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 13 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 14 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 15 | He says , and then you 'll go downstairs for a cup of tea and then you 'll he says , get back into bed ! |
| 16 | we 've both got a week off , and we thought we 'd all can go just for a couple of days |
| 17 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 18 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 19 | Where did you go away for a fortnight to ? |
| 20 | ‘ We could go away for a bit — a break ; a couple of weeks perhaps . |
| 21 | A plan occurred to her ; she and Lucy would go away for a weekend to the heart of the country , roses round the door , and find out how they would be lovers . |
| 22 | We could go away for a weekend together , we could ; we could wake up next morning and eat croissants and drink coffee from blue china bowls . |
| 23 | ‘ What would you say if I told you I must go away for a week ? |
| 24 | Once or twice a year I would go home for a weekend to see my mother . |
| 25 | I often feel like I could pack up and go home for a holiday in Ireland . |
| 26 | ‘ I think I 'll go home for a couple of hours then come back later , ’ replied Nina , standing up and draining her mug . |
| 27 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
| 28 | We could n't go home for a month . |
| 29 | You can just go up for a ride , letting someone else do all the work while you enjoy the sensation , or learn to pilot the thing for yourself . |
| 30 | Ron will be back tonight , so we 'll probably go out for a couple of pints . |