Example sentences of "[vb -s] go [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , she wants to go up to that playgroup ! |
| 2 | ‘ It is something which has gone on in this force for almost two years but has now reached epidemic proportions and something has to be done , ’ he declared . |
| 3 | ( d ) The massive body of historical research that has gone on throughout this century has gradually discovered new sources of information and refined our views of the early modern period , in all probability bringing them closer to the objective truth . |
| 4 | Abraham has gone down in Christian tradition as one of the great men of faith . |
| 5 | Now his club 's tighthead , he has gone out of this way to improve his scrummaging technique with specialist advice from among others , his boss , Sandy Carmichael , the 50-times capped Scottish and Lions tighthead Iain Milne ( ‘ immensely helpful ’ ) and Jim Telfer ( ‘ he is just the kind of coach I need because I can be a bit lazy and the fact that he just keeps at you all the time was very good for me ’ ) . |
| 6 | Sir Harold Wilson has gone along with this view , saying that trade union members control ‘ some 50 per cent of the equity capital of the 250 or so biggest industrial companies , through pension fund trustees in the main accountable to them ’ ( quoted in the ‘ New Statesman ’ 24/10/80 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ A rumour will be spread Tweed has gone off on another insurance investigation . |
| 8 | If someone is critically ill , what well-disposed person will choose the moment to tell him that his business has crashed and his wife has gone off with another man ? |
| 9 | Such a class of behaviours includes going on to another task of a kind similar to that assigned by the teacher at one level and exploratory behaviour at a ‘ higher ’ level . |
| 10 | It all seems to go back to that morning when Mrs. Millings got such a dreadful shock . " |
| 11 | Erm , and , and I think sadly , as well the problem is that if this recession does go on for any length of time then we will be losing many of our |
| 12 | It 's gone up to two pound . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's gone up since last time , ’ I replied . |
| 14 | He said I do n't know , he says he 's gone out with some girl called . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's gone off with another bloke , bet you anything . ’ |