Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] go [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , that was not what Jean-Claude had in mind , and he rose and went inside a played a few bars of something by Scriabin . |
| 2 | From what she 'd gleaned from Janine he came and went like a bloody ghost , flitting in and out as it suited him . |
| 3 | Nicola 's voice was coming and going like a tricky radio signal ; she could feel a stinging dampness where her calves had dragged over the rough brickwork atop the wall . |
| 4 | They suggested that pollution stresses combined to weaken the trees so that , when a ‘ normal ’ stress such as frost or drought came along , the tree died or went into a rapid decline , before succumbing to competition from neighbours or invasion by fungal pests or other disease organisms . |
| 5 | The main features of tabes are an inability to balance when the eyes are shut , numbness , and ‘ tingling ’ sensations , ‘ lightning pains ’ , which are sharp , shooting pains , usually in the lower limbs , which may come and go in a short time or last for several days without remission . |
| 6 | Then you would n't have people thinking that going to a Phish concert means you have to put up with the smell of somebody who did n't do very well at school . |
| 7 | ‘ I can recognise the warning signs straight away — I start to tremble and go into a cold sweat , ’ explains Philippa . |
| 8 | The moment she hit one of the papers , she braked and went into a long skid , sliding right across the kitchen floor to the other wall , which she thumped into , still standing on her ‘ magic carpet ’ . |
| 9 | Nicandra 's big hands hung by her sides , her world shifted place , all certainty lost and gone in a salty fog of despair . |
| 10 | My husband was n't suspended but went through a disciplinary hearing and things were dealt with there , or so we thought . |