Example sentences of "[noun] would go [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Cup of tea would go down like a bomb but
2 Erm if I understand it correctly from from Mr Potter 's er table nine , the implication would be that the the Greater York figure would go up to a hundred and sixty one hectares based on thirty four to the acr hectare , that is correct ?
3 Yet although my addresses were chiefly in the nature of pep-talks , I usually contrived to work in what today would be called ‘ culture ’ , and sometimes the pub scene in The Waste Land or parts of Portrait of a Lady would go down with a wow .
4 Five clubs would go down from a reformed league of 14 clubs in the First Division , with the Second Division champions being promoted .
5 Then a man would go up on a ladder outside and put a hook on a chain around the ridge tree .
6 ULSTER 's amateur actors have dramatically upstaged the bombers — by ensuring that their show would go on despite a £1,000 blast .
7 They said the mules would go round by a good track but we 'd explore the river .
8 Normally following that kind of response the ramp idea would go down like a lead balloon .
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