Example sentences of "[noun sg] to go on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're after an excuse to go on the prowl round those fashion-shops again — is n't that the truth of it ? ’ |
| 2 | One of the events which shook her most of all was the occasion upon which her mother gave her permission to go on the school trip to Paris . |
| 3 | With respect to the reason for Molla Fenari 's going on the pilgrimage , he writes that an invasion of Edirne and its environs by the combined forces of Seyh Bedreddin and Duzme Mustafa led Molla Fenari to seek permission to go on the pilgrimage , though it is not clear whether Husameddin means that simply the fact of the invasion or that Molla Fenari 's supposed complicity with Seyh Bedreddin led him to decide to " remove himself from the scene : in any case both the circumstances and the chronology of events in the period are too uncertain to allow one to evaluate the argument properly . |
| 4 | Then one day in the summer of 1989 — around the time that I had signed a contract to go on the second rebel tour of South Africa — I got a call from Australia that came as a bombshell . |
| 5 | According to Lord Wilson , the most recent premier to go on the record about the conventions of minute-taking , ‘ the writing of the Conclusions is the unique responsibility of the Secretary of the Cabinet … . |
| 6 | Leading Tory Lady Olga Maitland had been pencilled in by the South Belfast Conservative Association to go on the hustings with candidates last weekend . |
| 7 | The painting of July 1890 , executed just days before van Gogh killed himself , and France 's first historic monument to go on the block , was sold on 6 December by Jean-Claude Binoche to French banker and businessman Jean-Marc Vernes . |
| 8 | Sometimes the intention to go on the Pill is there , but it is put off until next week , or until their sixteenth birthday . |
| 9 | A number of newspapers claimed the Princess was forced by the Queen to go on the tour against her will , as a way of demonstrating there was no rift between her and the Prince . |
| 10 | Mills does n't expect REM to go on the road until after their 1993 record is released . |
| 11 | Percentage for Art and the people behind it believe it 's time th the time has come for art to go on the offensive . |
| 12 | Now there is another day to go on the Conference . |
| 13 | She wants to run through them all and then you 've got to fill in a piece of paper on which three pieces you 'd like to do , and al you know , she wants the cheque and full details of what name to go on the certificate and that sort of thing . |
| 14 | Lorna Marsh initially turned down the chance to go on the trip when she found out that Bingo The Clown would be joining them . |
| 15 | They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk . |
| 16 | But she declined an offer to go on the treadmill herself , telling patients : ‘ No thank you . |
| 17 | The yard is n't the only redundant MoD property in the area to go on the market . |
| 18 | Lay the yarn on a sheet or similar ( you do NOT want this spray to go on the carpet , it makes it slippery ! ) and spray it fairly well . |
| 19 | James you 've got a licence to go on the air have n't you ? |
| 20 | He had to tempt his man to go on the offensive and close with him , sure of his superior speed and skill , because his intended surprise attack would have only the one chance of success . |
| 21 | The first major work by the artist to go on the block since ‘ Portrait du Dr Gachet ’ reached the world record sum of $82,500,000 ( £43,107,142 ) at Christie 's New York in May 1990 , ‘ Jardin à Auvers ’ was classified as a monument historique in July 1989 French museums possess only a meagre twenty-five paintings by Van Gogh out of a total output of 879 works . |
| 22 | Lyn put a cloth on a tray and laid it and on an impulse picked a small blue iris and put it in a vase to go on the tray as well . |
| 23 | Obviously completing joint statements booking in time to go on the computers to get them typed up nicely |
| 24 | D , otherwise we 're not gon na have time to go on the computer |