Example sentences of "he go [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what do his parents think — him going off to a distant town with a stranger like you ? ’ |
| 2 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 3 | ‘ The relief ! ’ cries Howard , as he goes about in an old pair of jeans , mending the roof and painting the window-frames . |
| 4 | If your candidate is going to research the level of pollution in a local river , he does n't stand on the bridge and look ; he either wades in to feel for junk or he goes in with a professional diver to find it . |
| 5 | A horse will soon become used to the excitement of a show provided that he goes out on a regular basis from an early age . |
| 6 | He went over to a flowerbed and felt around in the mud . |
| 7 | He went over to an ornate walk-in fireplace surmounted by heraldic animal heads carved in stone and pulled a fraying red cord . |
| 8 | In the final between Bridgend and Gloucester , after a flash of brilliance from Glen Webbe towards the end when he went over for a magnificent try and another brilliant individual effort by him when he sent over Mark Jones , Bridgend clinched a 22–12 victory . |
| 9 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 10 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 11 | Then he went on to a merciless performance as an inarticulate Garda , who had been called to the school to deliver the annual lecture on road safety . |
| 12 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 13 | He went on in a similar vein . |
| 14 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ he went on in a low voice , ‘ I lie awake at night thinking of what would happen to this place if you should die without issue . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The next morning , ’ he went on in a flat emotionless voice , ‘ I rose late . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone . |
| 17 | ‘ It seems , ’ he went on in a calmer voice , ‘ that Rickie and Robin-Anne are among the sizeable minority of the population that is peculiarly prone to severe addiction . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Partly as a result of excessive leniency , ’ he went on in a familiar line of argument , ‘ there has been developed a pestiferous class of young ruffians who have caused great suffering to the respectable … to whom they have become a terror . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll have other interests now , though , ’ he went on in a friendly , easy manner . |
| 20 | ‘ Now let's go over it once more , ’ he went on in an encouraging voice . |
| 21 | However he went on in an important passage to say that if contractual restrictions appear to be unnecessary or to be reasonably capable of enforcement in an oppressive manner then they must be justified before they can be enforced . |
| 22 | ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval . |
| 23 | ‘ Today he went out with a big score on the board and 15 overs remaining . |
| 24 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 25 | Playing with Coceres he went out in a level par 36 and started the homeward half with three successive pars to be five shots off the lead . |
| 26 | Me , myself , and I. ’ After losing in the Gotcha Pro early that summer on the South Side of Oahu , he went off on a self-destructive bender . |
| 27 | He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns . |
| 28 | He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him . |
| 29 | He went off with a medium spring to his step and I saw him later with his arms round Donna 's shoulders , which was n't ( as far as I knew ) in his script . |
| 30 | He went off with a lovely bang . ’ |