Example sentences of "[prep] go [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Chairman Geoffrey Richmond said ‘ We are considering going completely against the current trend in the league and significantly increasing the amount of the players ’ budget , ’ he said . |
2 | But you had a way of going straight to the two ninety in one go , do you remember what that was ? you 'd worked on it yourself , you you were doing just nicely . |
3 | Accordingly , if Mr. Lassman is correct , that kind of activity of going straight to the in-house computer and extracting confidential information from it could be committed with impunity so far as the three offences in this Act are concerned . |
4 | Instead of going straight to the front desk as usual , Charlie guided her towards the restaurant . |
5 | So , instead of going straight for the big one , we decided to build up our acclimatisation by first visiting some of Kenya 's other mountains . |
6 | Then she got the idea of going across to the American Shuttle . |
7 | Maybe it was the fear of going anywhere near the angst-ridden territory so comprehensively covered by The Smiths , maybe it was the fact that being stoned out of your mind was suddenly fashionable again — but neither the baggy bunch nor the floppy-fringed waifs who enjoyed the post-Madchester plaudits came anywhere near the kind of emotional rush peddled by Morrissey 's men . |
8 | For semiconductor makers not already committed to building 16-megabit production lines , the case for going straight for the 64-megabit device looks increasingly attractive . |
9 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |