Example sentences of "[pers pn] do n't go in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't go in for numbers as names . |
| 2 | I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't go in for crystal gazing . ’ |
| 6 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
| 7 | Apart from the fact that there 's an eleven-year gap in our ages and I do n't go in for cradle-snatching , she happens to be my stepsister . ’ |
| 8 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't go in for casual encounters . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't go in for gossip . |
| 11 | Anyway , I do n't go in for sharp manoeuvres much myself . |
| 12 | I do n't go in for serious boyfriends . |
| 13 | Well I do n't go in for about half an hour . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , y'know , Else always was one for washing , she gets it from me , but Sidney , 'e do n't go in for baths much , well men do n't , do they ? |
| 15 | I wonder you do n't go in for it . ’ |
| 16 | Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’ |
| 17 | " We do n't go in for flowers , " said Clelia , displaying with a sweep of her arm the lower level , curiously cluttered with urns , a bench , a dislocated piece of mosaic resting on its end , and a functionless fountain . |
| 18 | We do n't go in for presents . |
| 19 | Mushroom is respectable too , I should add — but we do n't go in for tans , we 're too worried about skin cancer . |
| 20 | ‘ But we do n't go in for top models , ’ she said . |
| 21 | And we do n't go in for naughtiness . |
| 22 | erm , and er , sometimes even pleased to say well I 'll try to get you in purple , but er , nowadays erm , we , we do n't go in for that because there 's , there 's so many er shops now that selling lighting fittings erm and selling nothing else , there is n't one actually in Harlow , but there 's one in Epping and there 's one in Stortford , erm that er , it 's , it 's riding a new car people want to see er a good variety of them , have a look at a lot or a washing machine or anything like that , you want to see many before you buy one . |
| 23 | We do n't go in for spirits though do we ? |
| 24 | er There is obviously a certain party atmosphere at Conferences , it 's the one big chance of the year for many many hard-working activists to get together and share ideas , it does engender er a certain amount of frivolity er around the edges , so we 'll see some of that , but we do n't go in for this cult of leadership which the other parties do , you wo n't see any manufactured longstanding ovations for er leaders . |
| 25 | We do n't go in for this , this cult er type of politics . |
| 26 | I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me . |
| 27 | They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment |
| 28 | They do n't go in for this sort of thing . |