Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But would the United States go over the nuclear brink to save Britain , France , Germany or any other NATO member from a conventional attack ? |
| 2 | But do n't be fooled by the island 's exotic name or location just off Africa — once the sun goes down the whole place comes alive . |
| 3 | Through such developments , a cadre of AEA managers went up the commercial learning curve . |
| 4 | ‘ Drink went down the wrong way . ’ |
| 5 | After a long week , I received a phone call at lunchtime to say that the specimen was at the airport about to be collected , and I made arrangements to go up the following day . |
| 6 | at two o'clock on Saturdays and whizzes round the town doing wheelies round the town so I said to him last night Scott sit down I want you to read something , I said take a good look at the paper , I said it could 've been you , doing that , you think you 're so fucking clever and big running round the town , I said it only takes you to lose control go up the bloody curb and bang , that 's what happened , I said think about what the hell you 're doing |
| 7 | Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way . |
| 8 | Make sure the brushes go back the right way up — match them with the side you have not yet removed . |
| 9 | Well Cynthia went somewhere the other day and there were so many pe people in black it was like a doomsday |
| 10 | On Thursday the weedkiller train went up the Cambrian Coast , thus spending two nights at Machynlleth . |
| 11 | My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking . |
| 12 | Dionne went for the outlaw type , or so she said , then mothered and civilised them until they were unrecognisable , and when her dream of civilised and raunchy equality went out the slammed door , there she was alone again , smoking a little more than usual , drinking a little more than necessary and swearing herself to celibacy until the next sulky brow slouched into view and stole her hopeful heart away . |
| 13 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 14 | She goes Dear Doctor Allen , My Mum and Dad went out the other day and I was bored so I started rubbing my dog and my dog got turned on and so did I . |
| 15 | Mother Francis stood at a window and watched little Eve go down the long avenue of the convent out to Sunday lunch on her own with the Hogans . |
| 16 | Mind you 're still got , still getting a lot of heat going up the old chimney are n't you ? |