Example sentences of "go [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Recall Fodor 's example of blinking when a good friend goes to poke us in the eye . ) |
| 2 | That this person should harbour aggressive feelings towards you is unimaginable , but then suddenly , she goes to poke you in the eye — and you blink . |
| 3 | Now instead of treating you like a number , we 're going to treat you to a number . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm going to see him about a play I have written . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I have always gone to see her at Kensington Palace — well , I was n't going to see her in a railway siding , was I ? |
| 6 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |
| 7 | There is a funicular in Ellmau and a chairlift in Going to whisk you up the mountain and the views . |
| 8 | That ‘ little grey home in the west ’ idea was n't going to fool her for a minute ; it was easy to see that the man sitting next to her loved every minute of his fast-living , action-packed life . |
| 9 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 10 | Procter 's anger at this annoyed Lloyd so much that he told his captain he was going to hit him over the pavilion ; and he did just that — next ball . |
| 11 | And I was very worried because the lady that was going to be paying for the job was just down there and if we were n't careful we were going to kill her with the wardrobe . |
| 12 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 13 | Then , as she nodded in agreement , he added viciously , ‘ Were you already planning , even as that photograph was being taken , how you were going to fleece him of every penny he possessed ? ’ |
| 14 | The man was going to meet me at the bottom of Ber Street . |
| 15 | She fixed her star-like eyes upon my face and startled me with the question , ‘ When are you going to meet me underneath the trees ? ’ |
| 16 | I truly feel that somebody 's going to pinch me in a minute and I 'm going to wake up . |
| 17 | I am going to entrust you with a secret . |
| 18 | I was going to write it on the board for you |
| 19 | this freedom we talk about is worthy of their support because it is for them we fight ; it is for the establishment of a social system that is going to provide them with the opportunity and the means to develop all that is best in them and the Nation . |
| 20 | So I think he 's going to find himself in a lot of trouble . |
| 21 | If she 's not careful , her poor old taxi is going to find itself off the road for a week . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm going to exhibit it in an art gallery in Paris soon . ’ |
| 23 | Gas and electricity accounts departments will know those customers whose financial difficulties are going to lead them to a cessation of supply . |
| 24 | She was going to edge him into a situation where it would be openly discourteous to refuse her , and nothing in his education or his upbringing had prepared him to be discourteous to anyone , least of all a woman . |
| 25 | He was going to sack me on the spot . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's something he 's had for some time , but I was always going to play him despite the trouble and the fact he 's one booking away from a ban . ’ |
| 27 | Well , if that 's going to help them with the money , then they wo n't charge for extra televisions . |
| 28 | And my father 's said he 's going to help me with the fees , so it 's all going to work out . ’ |
| 29 | We 're going to adopt him , you see , and he 's going to help me with the farm work . ’ |
| 30 | is also going to help me in an approach to Michael Shea , former Palace press officer and diplomat ( see Who 's Who ) — I met Shea last night at one of the three seminars and receptions which has set up to mark the summit . |