Example sentences of "[noun sg] go [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The strip goes through a rolling mill and a furnace which burns off the cellulose binder , leaving a strip of metal alloy .
2 A similar objection to utilitarianism urged by Williams , Alasdair MacIntyre and others is that utilitarianism goes with a manipulative approach to human life .
3 An NIS Domain license goes for a one-time fee of $25,000 .
4 This is because your hair goes through a growing phase which lasts from three to five years , then a resting phase which lasts for three to four month before it falls out .
5 Once again , you have an opportunity to go for a perfect ton , providing you have produced the goods during the first two days play .
6 The game against the Belgians affords Rangers the opportunity to go through a complete year without losing at home in any competition .
7 ‘ Well , none of us has got enough money to go into a high-class nursing home — at least as far as I know — so of course the wind was up all of us .
8 He once won a scholarship to go on a German banking state tour .
9 For a short while after it fires , the nerve goes through a refractory period when it will not respond to a nervous stimulus .
10 And if Little Chef goes into a real decline will you promise to ring me ? ’
11 Reptiles and amphibians use a three-chambered heart , where blood goes into a separate part of the atrium on its way to the muscles , but the blood on its way back empties into the same ventricle .
12 ‘ There are a significant number who think their vote goes into a national pool and do not appreciate how voting by constituencies works .
13 One day Victoria made herself a pair of earrings out of porcelain to go with a particular dress , and they turned out to be the start of a new part-time career .
14 The reason that you use hot air is to keep that combustion going at a good temperature .
15 ‘ It 's tough on a horse going to a new home , especially a stallion ’ , his new owner said .
16 My seat went through a large 16in thicknesser , but if you do not have access to one , do n't worry .
17 The wheel went through a whole revolution before Gazzer spoke again .
18 A TOT was fighting for his life last night after a 999 ambulance went through a red light and smashed into his gran 's car .
19 Mummy went to a real job
20 Chairman Alan Potts explained : ‘ The Club went through a bad period in the eighties but happily we resolved the problems . ’
21 Subsequently , barbel fishing went through a slack period when interest was lost through an increased enthusiasm for game fishing .
22 International representations in athletics came in abundance with Ainsley Bennett , Mike MacFarlane and Daley Thompson and football went through a veritable upsurge in the 1978–9 season with the likes of Viv Anderson , Laurie Cunningham , Cyrille Regis , Garry Thompson providing the vanguard of a train of black first-division players .
23 I was n't going to turn her out with nowhere to go , you know , young lady — but perhaps it 's a bit hard on an old lady to go into a new place after living in the same cottage most of her life .
24 In 1983 , when the South Wales Branch voted to strike on the issue of closure , the Yorkshire Area Council voted by 73 to 27 in favour of a strike in support , in line with the 1981 agreement , but the issue went to a national ballot for a strike , which was once again lost .
25 At midday Angel went to a public house and brought food and wine back to where Tess was waiting in the woods for him .
26 As we have already seen , the US dollar went through a bad patch in 1986 , in company with the oil market .
27 In one case , the MoD expressed a desire that the airframe in question go to a good home .
28 The guard opened a different door , and Bel and the cat went into a beautiful room with expensive , very old tables and chairs .
29 She had been a teacher , and made sure the girl went to a good school : ‘ my granny had more influence on me education-wise .
30 One summer two boys and a girl went to a foster home to live together .
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