Example sentences of "go [adv prt] 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 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 16 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Ron will be back tonight , so we 'll probably go out for a couple of pints . |
| 19 | " I say , darling , " Stephen said , " I think I 'll go out for a bit , blow the cobwebs away . " |
| 20 | We 'll go out for a drive probably out an hour , whereas years ago the horse used to come out the stable at seven in the morning he would n't go back till probably five at night . |
| 21 | Occasionally , after a particularly trying day , we would go out for a drink together — but no more Apricot Sunsets , thank you very much . |
| 22 | Maybe we could go out for a drink afterwards ? |
| 23 | I said to Dinda well there 's no reason why you should n't go out for a drink with him or |
| 24 | I said , I said do you wan na go out for a drink on Wednesday ? |
| 25 | When Tamar rose from the table , she remarked , ‘ I shall go out for a ride , Mama . ’ |
| 26 | they do n't do enough work to really create any problems today , do you see what they 're to do somebody will say ooh we 'll go out for a ride |
| 27 | He would go out for a walk , leaving me alone for an hour , then return full of high spirits , shouting from the doorway : . |
| 28 | Then I play with the baby and we might go out for a walk or go and see friends — that sort of thing . |
| 29 | And I think one of the things we can — let's go out for a walk . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll wash my hair — and then I 'll go out for a walk . ’ |