Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] go [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Some of the migrants may only go as far as southern Europe . |
2 | Thus a rabbit hole may suddenly go vertically upwards or downwards at a 90-degree angle . |
3 | It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested . |
4 | We should not go so far as to hold a referendum , but the people must have the final say . |
5 | Are you saying then that when one 's lapsed for six months or over a given period of time we should actually go out there and remove the signs |
6 | I recognise that this may not go as far as librarians would wish . |
7 | I 'm sure the , I 'm sure they 'll all go away very when you , before you came . |
8 | Well there 's that one in the paper , I 'll have that one , that 'll probably go on longer that Tetley tea one mm |
9 | The police inspector told me : ‘ When he comes out he 'll probably go straight home and attack her . ’ |
10 | We might even go so far as to say that amplification of deviance among one group rather than among another could simply be due to chance . |
11 | Indeed , one might even go so far as to say that , were it not for the ‘ discovery ’ of Siberia 's seemingly inexhaustible resources of ‘ soft gold ’ , that is , an abundance of fur-bearing mammals — in particular the highly-prized sable — the Muscovite government would have been without the economic foundation for the growth of its political power . |
12 | We might almost go so far as to say that Lyly has embroidered an elaborate garment round the simple idea " Euphues was a young coxcomb " . |
13 | ‘ They 'll never go off now that it 's light . |
14 | I could only go out there and do what I was doing before , which is … labouring . |
15 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
16 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
17 | Because of his Cartesianism , Malebranche could not go so far as to say that material objects were not really extended or in motion , but Pierre Bayle had argued that such restraint was unjustifiable . |
18 | Even Amabel could not go so far as to trouble Gemma . |
19 | We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision . |
20 | Several attempts , he wrote , had been made by " former prospectors " to sink upon this lode " but it is heavily watered that they could not go down more than 3 or 4 fathoms deep " . |
21 | Slowly she imagined taking one step after another until she reported that she could physically go no further because the slope of the ceiling was so steep . |
22 | I 'd just go out there and get what I wanted . |
23 | So I could always go up there and I used there little drill for one thing and another in the first place and er built that premise for me there did and I did er |
24 | but , then the next morning of course when Wendy got home she 'd been down my nephew 's looking after the kids for them and erm , and said we 've come to arrest you , and no , oh Rachael said oh mum there 's a police car pulled up outside , so she said , oh my god do n't tell me they 're wrong and it is Tracey , cos Tracey 's left home , she 's gone to live with her friend and erm , anyway , when Wendy got to the stairs she could n't go in , she could n't go any further and she said erm , when , when the policeman said Mrs I 've come to arrest you , she just about said Christ she said what have I done ? |
25 | But she doubted it would go any further — well , could n't go any further as she was only staying the one night . |
26 | Though I could n't go so far as to say that service was included as all the waiters seemed interested in was getting the lights off so they could dance with Sorrel . |
27 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
28 | It could well go on forever unless one of two things happens , unless everybody guards themselves against giving information away , which as a matter of practice many will do , and many probably wo n't , or secondly that some legislation is brought about to make this an offence , and to treat it seriously . |
29 | We 'd even go so far as throwing modesty to the wind , and say you wo n't find better value for money holidays or flights anywhere else . |
30 | I 'd even go so far as to say I 'm falling in love . |