Example sentences of "[noun sg] go [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As might be expected from data reported earlier , positive attitudes as measured by all five factors were significantly associated with willingness to go on to a second round of review and reporting . |
| 2 | I 'd arranged with the local flying club to go up in a small ‘ Cub ’ training aircraft , which is well-suited for aerial photography as it has a very slow cruising speed . |
| 3 | The roof goes on in a few tumultuous hours . |
| 4 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 5 | New Scientist published an article with the transfixing title of ‘ The search for scale invariant cosmology ’ , showing that there was a search going on for a deeper understanding of the Universe . |
| 6 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 7 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 8 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 9 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 10 | The bow went off with a terrible noise , like bones breaking . |
| 11 | We heard that the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire stations lost far more men and aircraft than we did , and there was also a horrible story going around of an unfortunate rear gunner trapped in his turret as his plane landed , unable to get out and being roasted alive in full view of the ground crew , until a Wing Commander whipped out his revolver and shot him . |
| 12 | Later on in the profession itself the process goes on at a different level . |
| 13 | So if your mains goes off through an electrical storm or something |
| 14 | In all cases consent goes up to a certain point only . |
| 15 | Recriminations over the sound and an equivocal audience response ( some pogoed , most stared blankly on as a repeat offender dove on to dance to ‘ Motown Junk ’ ) sees the set and with the bass ricocheting off the backdrop , the drum kit going down to a repeated kicking and singer James making messy love to his gorgeous white Gibson . |
| 16 | Hotel duty manager George Ashou , who was only 10ft from the blast , said : ‘ The bomb went off with a muffled crump . |
| 17 | The first of the new spreadsheets , called Improv , which builds spreadsheets using simple English commands rather than manipulating clumsy grids of rows and columns , should sell 500,000 copies before June , when the price goes up from an introductory $19 to the full $195 . |
| 18 | And er a gent used to have er a gentleman going round with a great long stick . |
| 19 | I have of course no intention of suggesting that this intellectual and , by implication , political revolution went on without a single hitch . |
| 20 | Adam stared round , and his head went up like a frightened horse 's . |
| 21 | When the Titanic was finally located on the sea-bed a crew went down in a tiny submarine to explore the wreckage . |
| 22 | And tonight , her desperate impatience to go out at a particular hour … |
| 23 | Pop concert goes out on a bad note |
| 24 | Trouble from racists who objected to a white woman going out with a black man . |
| 25 | She started going through her bag , making sure she had everything , like a woman going out for an ordinary evening . |
| 26 | sudden change in behaviour or lifestyles , for example going around with a new set of friends |
| 27 | Over the years the OCU became a truly cosmopolitan empire and hardly a month went by without a new uniform or flying suit making an appearance . |
| 28 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 29 | WILLIE WOOD 's quest for the world indoor singles crown , which began back in 1982 , reached another dead end yesterday when the 1989 runner-up went out after a titanic five-set battle with England 's Mel Biggs . |
| 30 | At the 13th , Woosnam was heckled and a cheer went up from a few spectators as he put his drive into the creek . |