Example sentences of "[verb] go on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 2 | At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in . |
| 3 | This applies even if one of you , unknown to the other , has gone on a mad spending spree . |
| 4 | Vividly picture going on a wonderful shopping spree , buying everything you have ever dreamt of , with great joy and exuberance . |
| 5 | But he ca n't resist going on a teensy-weensy shopping spree with Marlon , which involves going into a jewellers , pretending to be gay and , to divert inquiries , sneezing copiously over an assistant who is terrified they are transmitting Aids . |
| 6 | It 's got ta go on a steel pallet and yet next door in the export chiller they 're allowed to go on a wooden pallet and we work on wooden pallets erm |
| 7 | Quite apart from whatever Blenkinsop comes up with , I 'm going to get my chaps tomorrow to get going on a major investigation into the backgrounds of all these people . |
| 8 | I love going on a nice train journey ! |
| 9 | ‘ After all , I 've come to see someone about volunteering to go on a special mission to America . ’ |
| 10 | Well I think that it 's gone on a long time and it 's not |