Sentence examples for goes for instead of from inspiring English sources

Tom Buchanan is the man that everybody reading the book ends up hating, as he is the philandering brute that Daisy goes for instead of the sensitive and refined Gatsby.

The same goes for FedEx instead of Federal Express or IBM instead of International Business Machines.

There's been some price improvement, too; the Pro version, with features for managing people's voice accounts over a network, now costs $600 instead of $900, and the Legal edition goes for $800 instead of $1,200.

Adobe Connect 9 also supports HTML5 content, as the Flash proponent goes for accessibility instead of pushing its own technology.

The same logic goes for years — instead of writing "Spandex was popular in the 1980's," use "1980s".

CD-ROM's of video games go for $3 instead of $89 (the price goes down to $2 apiece for 10 or more, a boy selling them confided), and compact disks for $3 instead of $20.

Instead of relaxing and understanding my body – and my responses to men – I went for 'OK' instead of waiting for 'spectacular'spectacular

The final ball was hooked valiantly but landed short of the ropes and went for two instead of the six required for the record.

Go for chips instead of bars, as the smaller the pieces of chocolate are, the faster they will melt.

Pills of OxyContin that can be smoked now go for $120 instead of $30 to $40, as they used to, he said.

The five-year-old network geared to older viewers has cut down the number of vintage films it airs, opting to go for quality instead of quantity.