Example sentences of "[noun] goes the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , and the other story goes The angels go to Be |
| 2 | If the fight goes the distance , there might hardly be the thickness of a stamp between them unless Chris ups his recent workrate . |
| 3 | Down goes the axe . |
| 4 | Along with this imaginative , inspirational side of the mind goes the capacity — better developed in some than in others — for intuition . |
| 5 | Bang goes the diet |
| 6 | Pop goes the weasel . |
| 7 | Like pop goes the weasel . |
| 8 | Well that 's the original Pop goes the Weasel song . |
| 9 | With the academic thirst for knowledge goes the academic 's well-publicized thirst for alcoholic refreshment . |
| 10 | Coupled with her hope that the war may end in a stalemate goes the hope that she may never be obliged to become a belligerent nation . |
| 11 | When the start signal goes the boards are free to start by sailing out close behind the start board on starboard tack . |
| 12 | We should turn off the television and play Scrabble instead , so that our minds are challenged : ‘ If the economy goes the way we think it will , your extra brain power will come in handy . ’ |
| 13 | So the first man goes the house and he goes and opens the door and you hear the door . |
| 14 | And Jean-Claude goes the war is over . |
| 15 | And so on and so on for another hour and a half , sweating and dazed , until at 4.48 a.m. , extremely painfully , out comes young Tom ( not such a bad name ; commonplace , I know ) , emerging head looking like a terrifically cross blue Brussels sprout , splosh go the fluids , splat goes the placenta and there he is . |
| 16 | one hand goes one way , one hand goes the other , break it open , put the cardboard away and you need to be ready to try before you pull the next bit off do n't you because as soon as you 've opened that it 's not sterilized any more , so you open that up and you find , unwrap it |
| 17 | ‘ The wild duck wherries to the distant flood … ''Whizz goes the peewit o'er the ploughman 's team/ with many a whew and whirl and sudden scream … ’ 'A sedge bird built its little benty nest/ close by the meadow-pool and wooden brig … ’ |
| 18 | Hand-in-hand with this notion of what constitutes mathematics goes the perception of how it is to be learned . |
| 19 | Where the customer goes the money goes too . |
| 20 | Castle goes the distance |
| 21 | ‘ Fair goes the dancing when the sitar 's tuned ; |
| 22 | a mother keeps a family together , which I think 's true , and then when the mother goes the family are still keep in contact |
| 23 | Hand in hand with physical fitness goes the courage , enthusiasm , and mental power to stick to our aims when the going is tough and soft options beckon . |