Example sentences of "[pron] go [adv prt] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them goes round putting the chimneys on and the other checks the flue . |
| 2 | I go on whacking the side of my leg . |
| 3 | I could weep with frustration when I go around seeing the conditions some of our people work in , the pittance they have paid , young people hung around on street corners with no job and no real training . |
| 4 | ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’ |
| 5 | I went on attending the university , doing my course modules , and avoiding intimacy in whatever way it proffered itself to me . |
| 6 | Sure enough , the wolf came and devoured him ; only his skull was left which went on reiterating the prophecy of doom for Rome . |
| 7 | Get rid of Norman for a start ; you ca n't have a chancellor who goes round telling the voters ‘ Je ne regrette rien ’ , when lots of them have lost their jobs and their homes because of what he does n't regret . |
| 8 | Erm and our marketing executive who goes round signing the surgery up leaves a certain amount of information er and particularly these erm a sheet si similar to this with er we ask the practice to sit down and compile a list of businesses . |
| 9 | ‘ No good you going on pressing the lever when there 's no pink , is there ? |
| 10 | So how do you go about persuading the birds to set up home ? |
| 11 | Er how did you go about getting the job ? |
| 12 | By drawing the polymer off , new cross-links are formed and you go on drawing the thread until all the constituents are used up . |
| 13 | It 's what you get when you go round having the dick . ’ |
| 14 | Just how you go about determining the pitch angle of your blades depends to some extent on the make of helicopter which you purchase and also on the depth of your pocket . |
| 15 | He made no rejoinder but retreated back through the communicating door ; and she went on serving the customer . |
| 16 | She went on preparing the supper , her body tense with listening as she tossed the artichokes , stirred the pasta and put half a dozen steaks to fry in another black iron pan . |
| 17 | Now erm once again I 'm relying on the information that Norman would have given you in describing how we go about setting the assignments up . |
| 18 | We went on compiling the inventory . |
| 19 | So they went on developing the idea , and I retired to my bed with those notions in my head . |
| 20 | They went on sharpening the shears . |
| 21 | Rachaela did not argue , and they went on unpacking the crate until a quarter past six . |
| 22 | A body may be acting within the scope of its authority at the outset but may , by the way it goes about taking the decision , go outside the four corners of the Act . |
| 23 | When he had recovered from his ordeal , Ciparis was able to tell of what had happened — and he went on telling the story for the rest of his life , for he was given a free pardon , joined a travelling circus , and became something of a celebrity . |
| 24 | While he was talking he went on disembowelling the bird in a practised way with his knife . |
| 25 | I reminded him and he went out banging the door behind him . |
| 26 | The new owner , Mr. Bolsover , came to see me last week , and I 'm afraid he may not let us go on using the barn . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'd let us go on using the park if you wrote and told him it was n't us who left the litter lying about , Guider . ’ |