Example sentences of "[noun sg] go [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As I have already noted , some kind of political change goes on at all times , produced by the succession of generations , the rise and fall of dynasties , competition among various social groups , economic and cultural developments , changing external circumstances , and more idiosyncratic factors , which can only be understood fully through detailed historical studies .
2 ‘ The action goes along at break-neck velocity to reach its conclusion and so there is no problem with the audience fidgeting . ’
3 Blagg is n't the type to go off at half cock
4 Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available .
5 The take-off flare went up at 0440 hours and Colonel Seawell was the first away as Group Commander .
6 It is up to you , Mr. Deputy Speaker , to decide whether hon. Members are in order , but I must say that the hon. Gentleman went on at considerable length about matters some of which seemed to stray interestingly from the subject of the amendment .
7 The first poster went up at Oval station on April 14 .
8 The machine is called a ‘ Fourdrinier ’ machine and mimics the hand process in a continuous conveyor belt fashion with wet pulp going on at one end and a dry roll of paper at the other .
9 She set her alarm clock to go off at hourly intervals throughout the night , but even before its first summons she was disturbed .
10 Valuable metal , plastic , cardboard , rubber , energy go in at one end ; Trabant cars worth less than the sum of these parts emerge at the other .
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