Example sentences of "[modal v] go the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 12 months ago Mr Smith decided Britain should go the way of the Irish . |
| 2 | Physically the Decimax should go the distance , too . |
| 3 | In reality , if your pet is left with a small , beautifully-sutured wound , then all credit must go the skill of your veterinary surgeon and it 's worth remembering that , for the time and skill required , spaying is a very cheap and justifiable operation . |
| 4 | ‘ All credit must go the makers , ’ Peter added . |
| 5 | Tomorrow you must go the shrine of that god in Lāmri and sacrifice a he-goat . |
| 6 | I 'll go the A one way I think . |
| 7 | It 'll go the distance — a real investment for anyone who wants to get on the gigging trail and means business . |
| 8 | Next time we 'll go the coast way . |
| 9 | Yes , it was possible , and where head and shoulders could go the rest should present no difficulty . |
| 10 | ‘ That song had so many lyrics and different types of music in there , that I did n't think it 'd go the distance . |
| 11 | And he used to come to with his black horse and dray and I used to go to help him on a er on a Saturday morning , used to get to about perhaps nine or half past and I 'd go the rounds with him and all I used to do was to er take the peoples things that they 'd bought up the entry you see because they were all entries then . |
| 12 | If those who are ‘ information poor ’ are simply exploited , international copyright may go the way of OPEC — exploitation by the producers followed by a weakening of the international market . |
| 13 | So on would go the self mocking Uncle Basil , punctuating everything with a high pitched giggle that was so appealing I remember deliberately trying to adopt it as a young adult . |
| 14 | I do n't think I ever saw J[ack] work more than half an hour without the cry of ‘ Barboys ! ’ — ‘ Coming , dear ! ’ , down would go the pen , and he would be away perhaps five minutes , perhaps half an hour ; possibly to do nothing more important than stand by the kitchen range as scullery maid . |
| 15 | Er one would go one process and another would go the other . |
| 16 | The viewers would just assume he 'd fallen into a cupboard and bang would go the impact of the scene . |
| 17 | Inevitably some of London 's international financial market share will go the way of its former land empire . |
| 18 | Surely the microcomputer will go the way of all such gimmicks , that is , embraced with enthusiasm by teachers if not by pupils , only to prove more revolutionary in theory than practice ? |
| 19 | I suspect that sea kayaking will go the way of inland touring , namely that modifications to design and materials will negate the most telling criticisms of plastic , and then its obvious advantage in durability will vastly outweigh its remaining disadvantages ( except for competitions and long open sea crossings ) . |
| 20 | Instead , this one will go the Department of Trade , for them to respond . |
| 21 | My vote will go the party that faces up to present day problems not one that wallows in class hatred and preaches the doctrine of envy and bitterness . |
| 22 | It is likely that a large proportion of those undecided and non-declared votes in our survey will go the Tories particularly when some of the other aspects of our poll are considered . |
| 23 | Money raised from the premiere will go the hospital 's childrens ' ward . |
| 24 | Along with them will go the ents and the dwarves , indeed the whole imagined world of Middle-earth , to be replaced by modernity and the domination of men ; all the characters and their story , one might say , will shrink to poetic ‘ rigmaroles ’ and misunderstood snatches in plays and ballads . |
| 25 | You can go the coach route ca n't you ? |
| 26 | You can go the coach route ca n't you ? |
| 27 | To Pelham can go the credit for preventing the Royalists from achieving a major conquest at the very commencement of the civil war , which might have won the war for the king . |
| 28 | Ware House is a museum now , you can go the house there now and see this extraordinary yard of wise men and owls and mermaids and peacocks . |