Example sentences of "[conj] i go [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 At about the same time that I went up into the Boys ' School , my friend Hubert Gould moved away to Bournemouth and my other friend Alf Norris moved from The Friary to Greencroft Street and , as this was only two hundred yards from our house , we saw quite a lot of each other .
2 Erm that I went through at the beginning you know which is basically write to lots of people
3 In my own defence I can say only that I went along for the ride , as it were , if you 'll forgive the expression , Mr Milton . ’
4 The Sierra had parked about a third of the way down the street , so I went on past the junction and ran Armstrong up on to the pavement .
5 There was no answer to my knock so I went round to the side door facing the canal .
6 There was only a bit of spare paper left and some of it had got streaks of cheese-grease on , so I went over to the newsagent 's stall and bought an exercise book for 35p .
7 ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself .
8 So I went down to the canal .
9 It seemed as good a time as any to go , so I went down to the squat in the King 's Road where I was living and picked up my passport .
10 It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension .
11 ‘ Killer blah , ’ he said in a strange tone of voice that I took to be a warning so I went back under the chair .
12 By early evening , I was just too bored to stick the place any longer so I went back to the hotel .
13 Their life was already hard enough , so I went back to the wild fruit in the woods .
14 They were still uncomfortable , so I went back into the optician .
15 I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave .
16 It was then that I decided to help myself , so I went along to the local college and enrolled in what appeared to me to be ‘ a way to relax ’ — the Alexander Technique .
17 I du n no what to do now so I go up to the big electric sign board and have a look at it .
18 I find some steps , so I go down into the park and have a wander round .
19 A steady pressure tries to pull my finger to the rod , so I go along with the movement for a few inches and then strike .
20 I du n no what to do , so I go back to the caff and have a look in the window .
21 ‘ Sergeant Jennings here will make some tea , then she 'll stay with you while Mr Morgan and I go over to the stables .
22 ‘ So , in the meantime — ’ it was almost as though he 'd read her mind ! ‘ — I suggest that you and I go back to the party .
23 A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you !
24 Cos that really got up , up my back when the , I mean tho ai n't a ba , bad bunch of old boys but I normally go down but they they clear and once we 've done our work before dinner break they all clear off and I go down to the and then I sort of walk back more or less behind them you know , to the break like and as I go past the club , I go and wash my hands , they go straight in , I go and wash my hands and I walk past the and er we should go to dinner at quarter to twelve and I go past , it 's one minute past quarter to twelve so cos when we go in there you see quarter past twelve due to go back I always give them two or three minutes and I say that 's it , that 's , ah we was late coming in , I said no you were n't !
25 and I went around with the current .
26 The bar was full , I could see that through the saloon window and I went round to the yard at the rear .
27 We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick .
28 The sleeping-car attendant sighed deeply at so much opulent femininity and philosophically returned to his roomette , and I went on up the train into the next car , where my own bed lay .
29 My wife and I went up to the pay booth .
30 He retired to his basket in a huff and I went off to the supermarket in a quandary .
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