Example sentences of "[modal v] go [adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If the hon. Gentleman were interested in patient care , instead of opposing NHS trust proposals in principle , he would look at the merits of the proposals and decide whether they should go ahead on the basis of the interests of patient care — and that is precisely what my right hon. Friend will do .
2 This must go up on the wall ! ’ and stick his latest painting up with Sellotape alongside the daubs by the mentally handicapped group she had played for at Christmas , and the postcards from her friends all over the world .
3 Nothing would do but we must go out on the river .
4 ‘ We 'll go up on the roof , ’ John said .
5 We 've been thrilled with this work experience cos was Dave originally had these five days off taping and he said no , he said , you know you 're so tired , have a little rest we 'll go up I 'll go up on the train only to get to the Selhurst Park he 's got four or five train journeys
6 Then we 'll go out on the road .
7 ‘ I 'll go out on the square and into the city 's ear .
8 Give me a moment or two to change my clothes and leave a note for Jules , then we 'll go out on the town . ’
9 And they 'll go back on the road before that happens .
10 We could go up on the railway sidings . ’
11 Wood engravings can accompany type , and so once again pictures could go back on the page ; they were also very durable , so that runs of hundreds of thousands were possible .
12 Then we could go down on the line and wave it , ’ said Peter .
13 We 'd go out on the town , hit a few cocktail parties , go dancing , and I 'd drop a few hundred quid on a weekend . ’
14 And course that used t that used to go down on the bed and when you pulled that be there so many years , your hands all went purple and that 'd be days before that went off .
15 In days when guests used to go out on the hill with gillies if they were fishing a large loch , and caught undersized trout , they did n't put these small fish back ; instead , they put them in a bucket , taken along for the purpose , and carefully carried the little fish to an adjacent lochan .
16 I used to go home on the train with striped legs .
17 Let's go up on the roof .
18 And so erm we did n't wan na put them off and I like to be here because erm Bob likes to go on the Moor as well , so we shall go out on the Moor with the dog a couple of times
19 This was principally because he had taken up fire-watching duties there , and once or twice a week he would go up on the roof : he would have heard the sound of the aircraft , and the bursts of shrapnel from the anti-aircraft guns , while all the time scrutinizing the " blacked out " city for the evidence of fires .
20 And they argue that half the night , and then er your thing will go through on the nod , if you get it in before t half past nine when they er standing order say the council meeting closes .
21 The chief one is the interference caused by its broadcasts , which will go out on the frequency of channel 37 , to which many domestic VCRs and some satellite receivers are tuned .
22 I mean you can go up on the rest of the week , but the day before the holiday and the day after the holiday the
23 Firstly the bill can go through on the nod with no note .
24 ‘ I can go in on the morning bus with Flora , ’ Anna said , ‘ and home on the early-afternoon one to Quindale .
25 You can go out on the landing if you want
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