Example sentences of "go [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |
| 4 | There is a funicular in Ellmau and a chairlift in Going to whisk you up the mountain and the views . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The man was going to meet me at the bottom of Ber Street . |
| 9 | I was going to write it on the board for you |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If she 's not careful , her poor old taxi is going to find itself off the road for a week . |
| 12 | He was going to sack me on the spot . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Well , if that 's going to help them with the money , then they wo n't charge for extra televisions . |
| 15 | We 're going to adopt him , you see , and he 's going to help me with the farm work . ’ |
| 16 | and the fact you 're going to help her with the dinner , huh |
| 17 | Can I ask , I know we 've got Amanda Root here , who 's going to help us in the Health Action Area Report , I also know that she has an ailing child , can we then take the item eleven , health action areas now on page fifty-eight , so that we can let Amanda go back to her commitments . |
| 18 | Uncle Harry was going to cast her as the hitchhiker in Mondo Desire . |
| 19 | IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman . |
| 20 | Because he 's going to give it to the manager |
| 21 | Are you going to do one on the potty now ? are n't we ? |
| 22 | The one that he 's done so far was at the end of December and erm he is going to do one to the end of March and that 's going to be a regular thing . |
| 23 | Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB . |
| 24 | Yes , er maybe I would n't have mentioned it , but er , well , that 's a story of one like dozens of people , congratulating us , that at long last we 're going to do something about the environment and protect it for the future of our children , and they consider it money well spent , and asking the question , why was n't it never done before . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 26 | The world does n't owe you anything and nobody is going to tap you on the shoulder and hand you an opportunity . |
| 27 | I 'm not going to leave you in the lurch . |
| 28 | Because if we 're going to use it for the ragtime and er |
| 29 | Everything is very different now , there are new considerations , and until I know exactly what is going on you 're not going to draw me on the subject . ’ |
| 30 | Well , she was n't going to let him off the hook that easily . |