Example sentences of "go [adv] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe it to have been factually true that Crossman 's ambition to gain and retain Cabinet office was the aspiration to be in a position to observe what goes on as an academic or a philosopher observes . |
| 2 | The observer 's task is then to observe what goes on in a classroom and , every three seconds , to tick the category that best describes what has been happening during that period . |
| 3 | Some people argue that the INFORMAL ORGANISATION describes what really goes on in an organisation whereas the FORMAL ORGANISATION describes what ought to happen . |
| 4 | I 'd like you to go on to a university and do music , but I think you 'll do that anyway , and I 'd like you to stop playing other instruments . |
| 5 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 6 | I have of late had two letters from him , in which he has shown such an easy and familiar way of expressing his thoughts , such a delight for improvement and so much exactness and dilligence in the making of observations that I look upon him to go onward with a curiosity and genious superior to most of his occupation . |
| 7 | He concluded that the approach was ‘ too heavily fictionalized ’ to go down with an audience that was having to deal with the everyday realities of war . |
| 8 | This sets out the draft proposals and erm will after this meeting go to all members of the Council for them to go through with a toothcomb as well as you . |
| 9 | For once the preciseness of the words did not irritate Aggie , and she answered gently , ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but … but she 's had to go away for a day or two . ’ |
| 10 | The blueness goes away in a day or two . |
| 11 | It is not official information , it is better that it goes directly to a department that can deal with it . |
| 12 | The laibon goes off for a moment and returns wearing his cloak as the old lady produces some stools . |
| 13 | Erm she goes off on a Friday and you hear or see nothing till sort of Monday night . |
| 14 | When the baby cries a lot , and Lesley gets angry with her , I tell her to go off for an hour and I 'll look after her . |
| 15 | And a foul by Whitlow on Rozario and pain written all over Robert Rozario 's face and we saw that the last time we had a Nottingham Forest live game when he collided with a post up at Bolton Wanderers and had to go off with a rib and facial injuries . |
| 16 | He threw in a good job with an insurance company to go off with a woman and ended up , broke and heartbroke , in a cheap caravan site outside Fort Worth , where he decided to put an end to himself . |
| 17 | I do n't believe that you have any idea of what 's really going on in a country or culture until you live there . |
| 18 | She felt as if she were sinking deeper and deeper in her own panic , her whole consciousness going down into a quicksand while her body stood there , stupid with fear . |
| 19 | I do n't know if I 'm going down with a cold or something . |
| 20 | They 've suggested a meeting down there but , my point i I feel that there 's no point going down for an argument cos that 's all it 's going to be . |
| 21 | DESPITE a display full of commitment and endeavour , Ipswich lost their eighth Courage League game of the season , going down by a goal and a try to two penalties . |
| 22 | Yeah , but you see , you 've got the , you got all the other things in , down , down , underneath , well I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting them I mean you could cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 23 | Yeah , but you see you 've got the , you 've got all the , the other things ins , down , down it , underneath , and I mean if you started going in with a knife and you started cutting down , I mean you could sa , cut an artery or anything could n't you ? |
| 24 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
| 25 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 26 | He said hastily , ‘ I 'll be going away for a bit and I guess I 'll be ravenous when I get back . |
| 27 | But Christine , 37 , insisted on going home for a snack before an ambulance took her to Royal Hallamshire hospital . |
| 28 | I think I must have been gradually going off into a faint when I suddenly thought of mother reading the telegram saying that I had been killed in action . |
| 29 | I 'm nearly seventy , er my pension , will be going up by a pound and odd , I 'm not right sure how much . |
| 30 | He packs his girlfriend in then went with Jane , but he was still going out with a girlfriend if you know what I mean . |