Example sentences of "go [adv] [prep] [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But what 's the point of holding a meeting that goes on for more than twelve hours ?
2 Be aware of the time limit : no election campaign goes on for more than three or four weeks in the United Kingdom — be glad about that !
3 I mean ideally you would n't want to have to , to go down to less than three thousand pounds a year
4 The SUNDAY TIMES reports a new marketing wheeze which is being tested across Britain : ‘ secret trials of ‘ designer smells ’ are going on in more than 100 stores , including petrol stations and a chain of clothes shops — and , yes , bookshops .
5 If you are going abroad for less than three months , you can cash all your pension orders when you come home .
6 And on the M5 that goes up to more than 50 mpg , which I find very impressive .
7 The government 's budgetary deficit went up six- or seven-fold , its ability to back paper money with gold went down by more than 50 per cent , and in 1856 it spent 84 per cent of its income on debt repayments and the armed forces , but the private sector suffered less severely than the Treasury and people who engaged in industry or commerce positively benefited .
8 After no less than four mortgage rate rises in the past 18 months — which have brought the average home loan rate close to an all-time high of 15 per cent — home buyers have seen their monthly payments go up by more than 50 per cent .
9 Now an appeal has gone out for more than 100 of the former workers to lodge applications for payment , no matter the circumstances of their claim .
10 ‘ They know we 've always gone out with more than one of them and they 've always accepted it .
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