Example sentences of "they go [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One obvious alternative to the hamburger is a sandwich — try chopped chicken or tuna on wholewheat ; ask them to go easy on the mayo . |
| 2 | In a country where most of us are taught to paddle on flat water , should we insist on putting novices into white water boats which are specifically designed to veer off course and then spend millions of man hours teaching them to go straight or should we put novices into boats designed to go in straight lines ? |
| 3 | Squigs are unpredictable and in many way the best thing that can happen is for them to go wild once they are near the enemy . |
| 4 | A man sits in his car at the traffic-lights , waiting for them to go green . |
| 5 | Maybe they 're still there — a great heap of them going rusty and covered in dust and cobwebs . |
| 6 | It 's a matter of having spares for when any of them go lame , or are needed for work on the farm . |
| 7 | We can not 'ave them go stale , you know . ’ |
| 8 | The brandy scrolls will keep in an airtight container for up to two weeks , but should n't be filled more than 30min before serving as the gooseberry fool makes them go soft . |
| 9 | One official wrote that the missing cattle ‘ have probably been driven off some distance by some of the bolder spirits of the village , and hired out for the season to some not over-scrupulous cultivator , with instructions to let them go loose when done with . |
| 10 | The heat is not so bad , it 's when this wind 's with it , and it literally dries the flowers out — you can see them go opaque and takes the colour out of them , but we 're not doing too badly . |
| 11 | Spasm of the arteries in one or more fingers makes them go white for a varying length of time . |
| 12 | A lot of them went red . |
| 13 | When the mail van pulled up outside , the hum of talk about them went silent . |
| 14 | and I think well where are they going short , because they must be . |
| 15 | If the Manic Street Preachers are so Jonathan-Kinging radical why do n't they go round Channel 4 and kick Terry Christian 's smug , ugly , homophobic face in and then cut Amanda De Torybimbo 's Barbie-doll head off with a rusty cake slice ? |
| 16 | ‘ But , ’ she continued , ‘ the clocks — would they go wrong in gravity ? |
| 17 | Do they go direct now ? |
| 18 | War on Want did n't they go bankrupt or something . |
| 19 | Remember , though , that relationships need continual maintenance , like a car : they need to be worked upon or they go rusty or break down . |
| 20 | I heard all he said to thee … though we could take a boat to France … they go regular . |
| 21 | And they go nice and |
| 22 | Oh they 're alright , they go nice . |
| 23 | They go greasy your battered scallops . |
| 24 | But Geoff , he do n't shout out or anything — he just waits for a bit till they finish their tea and then he shouts out ‘ Enjoy your tea then ’ , and as they look up he pisses a bit more and they go barmy . ’ |
| 25 | Even if people are woken up and asked to learn something , if they go straight back to sleep they are likely to forget the whole episode . |
| 26 | At least they stand a fifty-fifty chance of fighting if they go stupid . |
| 27 | They adjourned it , cos there gon na fight 'em , Solicitors for er they , they go guilty . |
| 28 | So they go sure and steady . |
| 29 | A blow on the chin , do n't forget the chin is part of the skull , blow on the chin , shakes the brain , your casualty gets concussion and they go unconscious now how 's your casualty going to feel ? |
| 30 | Now if you know that somebody is a drug addict and they 've just had an injection you keep away from them , erm if they 're having a bad trip , whatever they call it , because you do n't , they become very violent , they can do a lot of damage , now the only time you will step in and help is when they go unconscious , but at the same time remember protect yourself , we 're talking about needles here and probably shared needles , you must be terribly careful that you do not get pricked by a needle , especially if , they have a habit of sticking needles under lapels , so always be aware of this , if a person is a drug addict , in fact if you can find some easier way of turning them into the recovery position , do so , erm , you can then obviously either call the ambulance . |