Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] go [adv prt] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was asked to supervise canoeing when a scout leader , so I went off to master the sport and was a senior instructor after a couple of years . |
| 2 | I 'm saying that Park , what the woman said that she went down to check the vans last summer |
| 3 | The dogs follow the trail , so there is no problem , but it does mean that I miss seeing the sudden three metre drop that we go down to reach a frozen river . |
| 4 | So we we moved towards the sound of the glass , and there 's there 's two people in the the garden , so we went down to have a look at them . |
| 5 | And so they went on to recommend a return to selective education at secondary level , with no radical change in the sixth forms of the new grammar schools , even though some of these might be devoted exclusively to science and technology . |
| 6 | His tank had been in an encounter with a German howitzer and he had been badly burnt , his face , hands and arms requiring extensive plastic surgery , although he went on to run a preparatory school in Sussex . |
| 7 | In 1843 the Corsican hotelier Zenon Vantini leased them , achieving such success that he went on to establish the first railway refreshment room at Wolverton . |
| 8 | However , just as the former advertising salesman had proved in a back-alley off St James ' , that location , location and location was not always sacrosanct if you had an exciting and original concept like The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory , so he went on to confirm the theory at The Rib Shack , tucked away in a side street opposite Harrods . |
| 9 | It was early morning and I went down to answer a bang on the front door of Dad 's house . |
| 10 | He dumped his overnight bag with mine and I went out to tell the driver we were just coming . |
| 11 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 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 | And you go back to light a sandbag , and there they all are , and they 're all a bit hot , it 's about , it 's like Hades , and there 's fork-lift trucks flying everywhere and you 've got pretty girls who in , in , in the team when you get down there and they start showing off , that 's alright , do n't mind that , and , and you 've got all these fork- lift trucks flying everywhere , and you 've got men carrying rolls of carpet and you 've got , you know , all this |
| 14 | But there was n't the , the erm ante natal care that there is these days , I mean there were no erm when you went round to se if you were a midwife and you went round to see the prospective mother you 'd say , now you are eating proper meals are n't you ? |
| 15 | A driftwood carving , illuminated in a small alcove , caught her attention , and she went over to take a closer look . |
| 16 | He made no rejoinder but retreated back through the communicating door ; and she went on serving the customer . |
| 17 | But it was her identity , she said , it was all she had , and she went on putting a caste mark which she had no right to on her forehead and wearing all her gold bracelets and cooking sag ghosht and dal instead of the defrosted hamburgers and chips which was what most people ate around there . |
| 18 | Matilda said , and she went out to wash the soot off her hands . |
| 19 | So she goes well she reckons it 'll be a good idea if you went up to meet the little lad , he 's only six , he 's called Mark . |
| 20 | ‘ All clear , was sounded and we went out to find the clock mechanism of the disgusting contraption in the road just outside . |
| 21 | Mark gave me one of Sophie 's doorstops — a sleeping fox , and we went down to visit a friend in the Borders with Ethel for support . |
| 22 | Rachaela did not argue , and they went on unpacking the crate until a quarter past six . |
| 23 | But if they went on meeting every day , their relationship must develop : he could not stop himself . |
| 24 | If you cast your mind back to the 1966 World Cup , you may recall that Pak Doo Ik , the North Korean forward , also wore odd shorts and he went on to score the winner against Italy , so I thought it was worth a try . |
| 25 | And he went on to describe the manner in which the station made and broke settlements : |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece . |
| 28 | In 1317 he and Pembroke combined to restrain the most avaricious of the courtiers , Roger Damory [ q.v. ] , in order to placate the court 's leading opponent , Thomas , Earl of Lancaster [ q.v. ] ; and he went on to play a part in the negotiations with Lancaster which culminated in the treaty of Leake in 1318 . |
| 29 | Greg 's first round 74 had not done any damage , though , and he went on to inflict a body-blow on the course , the rest of the field , and the title . |
| 30 | I reminded him and he went out banging the door behind him . |