Example sentences of "[conj] go at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 2 | I have enjoyed reading ZZAP ! since early 1987 ( issue 25 ) and have seen many Editors come and go ( I do n't know whether I 'm coming or going at the moment — Ed ) . |
| 3 | They may fight like a lion or go at something like a bull at a gate . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's a boat-train that goes at about half-nine , I think . ’ |
| 5 | PONCE : The bit that goes at the end of ‘ Res ’ to make up the word ‘ Response ’ . |
| 6 | Sometimes make a contrast — follow a lively travelling movement , perhaps one that goes at random with a smooth sweep of movement performed in unison . |
| 7 | It means that you do n't get the good views of the Cove until you 've reached Malham Beck , but I think that it 's better doing the walk this way round than going at it clockwise and having to clamber down the scar . |
| 8 | He also offered dire predictions to couples ( Graham could n't even consider the possibility they might not be married ) that going at it like knives would lead to ‘ languor , lassitude , muscular relaxation , general debility and heaviness , depression of spirits , loss of appetite , indigestion , faintness and sinking at the pit of the stomach , increased susceptibilities of the skin and the lungs to all atmospheric changes , feebleness of circulation , chilliness , headache , melancholy , hypochondria , hysterics , feebleness of circulation , feebleness of all the senses , impaired vision , loss of sight , weakness of the lungs , nervous cough , pulmonary consumption , disorders of the liver and kidneys , urinary difficulties , disorders of the genital organs , spinal diseases , weakness of the brain , loss of memory , epilepsy , insanity , apoplexy , abortions , premature births , extreme feebleness , morbid predispositions , and an early death of offspring . ’ |
| 9 | He said , he 's not impressed , and er , I think the idea that go at a meeting today , |
| 10 | Spider 's Web is no longer ‘ fairly impossible ’ and goes at E5 6b , but only to those who are as adept at arm bars , leg bars etc. as George Smith . |
| 11 | If the stake can not take the strain and goes at the ground level weak spot , the plant stem has to bend sharply where it is trapped between its firmly-held root and the bottom tie . |
| 12 | But the American press , used to seeing horses flat out from the start and going at it hammer and tongs , were not in tune to the subtleties of Piggott 's unleashing that burst , and the criticism started . |
| 13 | The mob , now several hundred strong , and going at it hammer and tongs , took time out to boo and jeer at the military presence . |
| 14 | Shelley started sorting the patients ' cards into order , and wonderered why she felt a little hurt at the thought of Victoria coming and going at the Casa Madrid . |
| 15 | He was aware that Members had to come and go at irregular intervals at the behest of their lords and masters when the House was in session , but he feared the worst . |
| 16 | And these the eagles left unharmed , not seeking them as prey but letting them come and go at will ’ |
| 17 | The great doors had been wrenched off their hinges , and anyone could come and go at all hours . |
| 18 | What a heavenly dilemma : I wanted to stay and go at the same time . |
| 19 | Being a large station , the many senior officers who come and go at Easton act as a constant and visible reminder to constables of the structures of power and authority in the station , and a prominent item in the conversations of ordinary policemen and women is complaints against ‘ the authorities ’ , which is an indexical category flexible enough to include everyone above their own level . |
| 20 | In large transient hotels it is not practical to confirm in writing every reservation , as guests come and go at short notice . |
| 21 | Boats come and go at the waterfront |
| 22 | Pounds come and go at Paisley |
| 23 | She had a violent impulse to summon Murphy and go at once to Trelorne and find Michael Swinton , and so strong was this inclination and the need to explain to him that she was personally so very Lyddy before she realized that such an action was only a perfect sequel in childish impetuosity to her former one of agreeing to be painted in the first place . |
| 24 | He collapsed at Debbie 's on Wednesday night , well he fell , bumped his head sort of fall down so the doctor come yesterday , tt , and he had to stop in bed two or three days and go at the doctor 's for ten minute appointment and he bloody test and to see why he 's lost so much weight cos his legs are like that . |
| 25 | Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas . |
| 26 | Harbury was young and ambitious and went at things with a daunting eagerness . |
| 27 | Hector , who came and went at will through her open chamber door , was in turn barking and yelping , and she could make out Mrs Diggory 's voice . |
| 28 | All evening , great men came and went at Downing Street and at the Palace of Westminster . |
| 29 | Not to go at our charge , but to go at your charge . |
| 30 | A few are wondering whether to go at all , whether the festive season has not after all been too tiring , whether a night in slippers in front of the television with a bowl of soup might not be a wiser choice than the doubtful prospect of a crowded room . |