Example sentences of "they [verb] go [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The investment they make goes into a fund combining equities , fixed interest and cash . |
2 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
3 | There they were , they , they 'd gone for a walk round London , and er come back . |
4 | Warning that he would not be so lenient in the future , Mr Peter said it seemed to him that there was a warning for operators here generally , if they decided to go to a tachograph analysis agent . |
5 | When they decide to go for a swim there 's a real rigmarole because of the presence of the English girl . |
6 | Paul read somewhere they keep going on a bequest from George Bernard Shaw . |
7 | As an admission that , yes , they did go into a bit of a decline , the band has even included re-recorded versions of a couple of songs from their last album , No Place Like Home , a record whose only purpose appears to have been ‘ to keep things ticking over ’ . |
8 | Erm sh because apparently if they do go in an office , they 'll find these are far slower than anything else they would ever work on , |
9 | There was a canteen for snacks in the building but they preferred to go to a bar in rue Pigalle where an Englishman , Fred Payne , would dish up their favourite meal which was still egg and chips . |
10 | ‘ They 've gone on a recce . ’ |
11 | so she just told me that so I 'll have all the news of Colin tomorrow they 've gone for a week |
12 | They 've gone to a matinee of Starlight Express . |
13 | The two told how Pringle had called for Jason at his home in Geneva Road , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon and they had gone for a ride around in a van . |
14 | The money he gave them they had meant to use for the Greek trip but it was more than they expected and they had gone on a shopping , then a drinking , spree with it . |
15 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
16 | They had gone into a huddle , obviously discussing their captives . |
17 | I had told Elizabeth that when my friends left Greece I always felt that they had gone into an underworld ; I wanted them back , but had no wish to go with them . |
18 | Meredith , trying to use her bump of direction thought they had gone in a circle and as far as she could tell through teeming rain and darkness , were in the middle of the open moor or common . |
19 | Before you could say Maradona , Boss Man had won and they had gone in a puff of Deep Heat vapour . |
20 | interview , that we did n't have erm much sort of inroads with the the young Caribbean community or the Rastafarian community , but erm you know I have spoken to one or two , and I remember speaking to one who said , that they had gone after a warehouse somewhere . |
21 | They had to go through a lot of blocks . |
22 | That 's right they had to go on a rota . |
23 | After an hour or so of drinking , these two gentlemen decided they wished to go for an afternoon drive around the local villages — a motor car around this time still being something of a novelty . |
24 | But they have gone through an experience of doubt which has purged them forever of the desire to doubt without finding an answer . |
25 | Graphics applications run very slowly because they have to go through a filter to ensure they do n't crash the machine . |