Example sentences of "not go in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess . |
| 2 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 3 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 4 | ‘ We are not a national daily ; we do not go in for moral crusades . ’ |
| 5 | Parker did not go in for German beer . |
| 6 | The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon . |
| 7 | And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ? |
| 8 | We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior . |
| 9 | Kenya has been so dependent on official aid and structural adjustment loans that its government dared not go in for countertrading — despite the fact that , like Brazil , it was surrounded by poor , debt-ridden neighbours . |
| 10 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 11 | Different objectives of different finns controlled and limited the techniques of production they could use ( eg. a firm developing prototypes of electronic equipment can not go in for mass-production ) . |