Example sentences of "[pers pn] go [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | It is a truth which I can never now forget as I go about a world in which human beings apparently have themselves under control . |
2 | I go into a Salvation Army hostel right , and then that 's it , problem solved . |
3 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
4 | ‘ I go into a hairdresser 's hoping that a new me will emerge , ’ said Barbara Scott , a mother of three who works part-time . |
5 | He summed up his own fate in a brief description of life as one of football 's miscreants : ‘ If I go into a bar and have a lager shandy , ’ he said in 1984 , ‘ word goes back that I 'm knocking back bottles of champagne . |
6 | Sometimes I go into a public-house and sit there with a glass of lemonade in my hand , eavesdropping , hoping to hear some treasonable conversation . |
7 | If I put on a vacuum cleaner and lie beside it , I go into a complete trance because the one note ringing inside the machine seems to relax me and hypnotise me . |
8 | In troubled times I go into a church and sit alone , rather than go to Mass every day . ’ |
9 | In troubled times I go into a church and sit alone , rather than go to Mass every day . ’ |
10 | The ideal is for me to stop out here on me own because , if I go into a unit or something and stop , it 's quite easy to go straight back on the gear . |
11 | ‘ It really is physically and mathematically impossible , ’ continues Professor James , ‘ to work out the implications of my needs whenever I go into a supermarket unless I happen to know my metabolic rate , what it means in terms of my food needs and how to calculate this information so that I can select the correct diet . ’ |
12 | ‘ I think I go into a sort of visual hibernation . |
13 | If I go into a house and it is turned off I get worried . |
14 | Er I 'm going to step , sorry before I go into a bit more detail in your C on your er application form , three things will be decided here today Ron and that 's first of all whether you and I think that er is a lau a launch pad for you to earn erm er some good money |
15 | Every time I go into a new archive I just ca n't believe what I 'm discovering . |
16 | But sometimes I get cut up by another vehicle as I go for a space — and it 's always a man . ’ |
17 | When I go for a night session I make sure to arrive well before darkness , usually around 7.30 p.m. or 8 p.m. in summer , when dusk does not fall until 10 p.m. or so . |
18 | Subject : I go for a good win |
19 | ‘ Do you mind if I go for a swim ? ’ |
20 | Every time I go for a wee I en she comes with me and pulls a load off to bloody blow her nose ! |
21 | No you see I , see how I go for a minute |
22 | And I think that there is a very strong argument erm for getting women in the cabinet on the basis that if women are seen to be in the cabinet they are seen as competent , they 're seen as excellent politicians , and that 's why I go for a form of positive discrimination , which is that if you 've got two people who are equally well qualified , and if erm Mr Major decided that a man and a women were equally well qualified , then I think he should have chosen the woman erm |
23 | So now if I need a ‘ new ’ piece of equipment I go to a reputable second-hand wood working machinery dealer . |
24 | I go to a pub across the road to await the 10.19 . |
25 | LIVING in England , I never expect to get an architectural thrill when I go to a concert or the theatre . |
26 | ‘ I go to a different school , ’ said the boy . |
27 | He recommended that I go to a hospital and see a psychiatrist . |
28 | ‘ I thought maybe I go to a party , ’ he explains , ‘ so I bring bottle from aeroplane . |
29 | ‘ I go to a lot of fellowship meetings and I see a counsellor once a week which gives me the tools to handle life on a day-to-day basis . ’ |
30 | I find it disappointing now that when I go to a completion meeting , I am often the only woman there . |