Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv prt] 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 | Felipe was still having breakfast when Maggie went down the next morning , and it caught her off guard . |
| 4 | Through such developments , a cadre of AEA managers went up the commercial learning curve . |
| 5 | ‘ Drink went down the wrong way . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way . |
| 9 | Make sure the brushes go back the right way up — match them with the side you have not yet removed . |
| 10 | On Thursday the weedkiller train went up the Cambrian Coast , thus spending two nights at Machynlleth . |
| 11 | Yeah well the thing is that something 's got ta shift because we 've got we 've got all these bloody flights going out the same time |
| 12 | My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking . |
| 13 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Then there 's er the door the door at forty feet and there 's er a gunmetal ladder going up the forty feet you 've got to climb up to get into the door . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | No , you know you know as you 're going down the corridor before you get to the doors to go down the next set of stairs , I mean in O S D , the last one is er for the P C that does all the man er you know all the duties and things like that , and in his office there 's a great big board with all the vehicles on , and the key 's hung up at the end and who 's got 'em out , and the bottom one is that green van , because he went up and picked 'em up , when I was there . |
| 20 | Mind you 're still got , still getting a lot of heat going up the old chimney are n't you ? |
| 21 | Six candles went out the first time , the remaining three the second time . |