Example sentences of "[pron] do not go for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do not go for the peaked caps , epaulettes and dummy holsters , ’ he said . |
2 | At the heart of the mother 's fury was the fact that the teacher was a self-confessed lesbian — and apparently added insult to injury by assuring the mother : ‘ I do n't go for young girls . |
3 | ‘ And I do n't go for the fancy decorations and general hoo-hah . |
4 | I assure you , I do n't go for scarlet chairs , black carpets and purple and pink curtains , any more than you do . ’ |
5 | I do n't go for women , and I never have . ’ |
6 | ‘ As gorgeous as she is , I do n't go for women like Cavell Fielding . ’ |
7 | I do n't go for blondes . |
8 | ‘ Women are a great idea , ’ Crawford had said the previous year , ‘ but I do n't go for this marriage bit . |
9 | ‘ I do n't go for redheads . ’ |
10 | I do n't go for that child , he 's too big man . |
11 | I remember there were invitations given out to go to it , sherry party , I had an invitation but I did n't go for some reason |
12 | ‘ Well , ’ said Hilda , raising her voice slightly , ‘ I did n't go for the pleasure of his company . |
13 | In the past , students who did n't go for Highers tended to get a ‘ pick and mix ’ of modules and short courses . |
14 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
15 | ‘ Besides , you do n't go for redheads , you told me you do n't , and you 're engaged to be married , and what about Ta — ? ’ |
16 | if you do n't go for a lunch out |
17 | You do n't , so you do n't go for the new ones you just ca go back to the beginning of the list ? |
18 | Some women might find him attractive , but she did n't go for loose-limbed , olive-skinned men whose black hair flopped across their foreheads . |
19 | It was difficult while they were actually in the centre , of course , but she made sure she did n't go for coffee or to the staff canteen at the same time as him and she 'd avoided the social club completely . |
20 | She does n't go for princes , Gillian . |
21 | I 'm glad we do n't go for that sort of tree actually . |
22 | But people do n't but th they do n't go for that they go for that because they do n't like the taste of chlorine . |
23 | It do n't go for an A B C D F J K they goes for numbers look . |
24 | Inevitably , the image of his father , the image of his family , the image of his class , were at the forefront of this searing reappraisal : When my father was fifteen years old , he did not go for holidays on beaches , as I did with his money . |
25 | That uncle it 's weird , it does n't go with us , it does n't go for soap though . |