Example sentences of "[adj] go [adv prt] to the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This goes back to the days when there were hop gardens at the rear of the pub , and picking was done by gipsy families ( shant being an old gipsy word , meaning to drink ) . |
| 2 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 3 | A good many had worked there for years , some going back to the days of her grandfather . |
| 4 | The 20 teams were put into four pools , with the top two from each going on to the quarter-finals . |
| 5 | He had screeched to a halt in the residents ' parking bay in an unimpressed Hereford Road , let himself in , banged on his own door and , keeping his distance , ordered Jacqui to go off to the pictures for the afternoon . |
| 6 | Some then went off to the latrines behind the back of the hall , which Charlie thought smelled worse than the middle of Whitechapel Road on a steaming summer 's day . |
| 7 | I could see his bright ginger head bobbing about four rows in front , and then his class all went off to the baths , and by the time he was back I was in triple needlework . |
| 8 | A single order may not be sufficient for this latter aim , and it is advisable to go back to the shelves some months after the new stock has reached them and decide whether a further order is necessary . |
| 9 | ‘ Some of the residents are still able to go over to the shops . |
| 10 | So these are now ready to go off to the specialists , okay . |