Example sentences of "go [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roof goes on in a few tumultuous hours . |
| 2 | Caird also goes in for a few unnecessary stunts , such as having two of the ladies of the town played by men in drag . |
| 3 | You 'll probably find when you register you 're invited to go along for a new patient medical anyway , and all sorts of things like that . |
| 4 | It will be necessary to see how far it is possible to go along with a strict criterion-referenced system or what kind of compromises may be worked out if such a system has advantages of motivating pupils and aiding changes in curriculum . |
| 5 | When I 've bought my sons their shirts I 'm going on to a good academic bookshop to get an item for myself — a book called something like Syntax and Significance : A Cognitive Approach . |
| 6 | You can eat octopus dunked in ouzo in a tiny harbourside taverna before going on for a five star dinner at an international restaurant . |
| 7 | ‘ We inhabitants of the post-historical world ’ , he trumpets , ‘ will have to keep in mind that the truly fundamental transformation in world politics are not going on in a desolate Middle Eastern desert , but back in cette vielle Europe which was the cradle of the idea of human freedom ’ . |
| 8 | The teams played four matches , spread over several weeks , against each of the others , with the top two then going through to a best-of-three final . |
| 9 | We heard that the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire stations lost far more men and aircraft than we did , and there was also a horrible story going around of an unfortunate rear gunner trapped in his turret as his plane landed , unable to get out and being roasted alive in full view of the ground crew , until a Wing Commander whipped out his revolver and shot him . |
| 10 | And er a gent used to have er a gentleman going round with a great long stick . |
| 11 | Well who wants to go out with a doddery old bugger like me anyway ! |
| 12 | You want to go out for a wee wee puss ? |
| 13 | But something about him had fastened itself to her memory , and she found herself saying to a bartender the night after , ‘ Do you know a boy , about fifteen or sixteen , a legit , who goes around with a large black dog ? ’ |
| 14 | This was t I mean when you think about it er it was good fun and er eventually people realized what was happening and of course they knew what was happening but that went on for a long long time . |
| 15 | War began with an unsuccessful attempt to return to the city-plundering strategy of the previous century , went on with a great commerce-raiding voyage round the world by Anson , and ( not before it had at last ended the trading career of the South Sea Company ) was swallowed up by the more far-flung clash of British and French . |
| 16 | The line went on into a big Jamaican area , and I was the only white left in a full carriage . |
| 17 | ‘ The next morning , ’ he went on in a flat emotionless voice , ‘ I rose late . |
| 18 | He would probably have gone on to a ripe old age . ’ |
| 19 | We went down to an awful Wimpy Bar opposite Chagueramas — which later became The Roxy . |
| 20 | All nine members of the crew were killed when their RAF Hercules went down during a treacherous low level flying mission through the Grampians 19 days ago . |
| 21 | Mm Oh that would be alright if we go yeah we can all go over for a nice little run out |
| 22 | Then Crawford went out for a welcome late-night meal , before staying up to read the reviews in the early editions of the next day 's newspapers . |
| 23 | If I did manage to get the rubber disc in now , but then he arrived an hour or two late , and then we went out for a romantic candle-lit dinner , and then we chatted for a while … the spermicide would have decided to cease hostilities at just about the time I needed it to be at its most fierce . |
| 24 | WILLIE WOOD 's quest for the world indoor singles crown , which began back in 1982 , reached another dead end yesterday when the 1989 runner-up went out after a titanic five-set battle with England 's Mel Biggs . |
| 25 | Throughout the nineteenth century the national movements which developed within the great multinational empires which dominated eastern and central Europe were inspired by the sense of deep historical roots which went back into an imaginary golden age before the Ottomans , the Habsburgs , the Romanovs and the Hohenzollerns enslaved the ancient nations of medieval Europe . |
| 26 | As I write , the invitation has gone out to a thousand mainstream church leaders to attend a London conference , ‘ to equip church leaders who desire to develop the gift and ministry of prophecy . ’ |
| 27 | Hanson has been earning megabucks for decades ; his personal wealth is estimated at around £100m and speculation is rife that before he retires he will go out with a final spectacular takeover . |
| 28 | You 're much too young to be thinking about boys , when I was your age I went around in a big friendly group , plenty of time for all that later on . |
| 29 | S. H. The kids — many a time you would go about with a dozen bloody sweets in your pocket . |
| 30 | Approaching the tube station at Notting Hill Gate , I saw a number 88 bus go by with a bright yellow advertisement proclaiming ‘ Britain needs its universities ’ . |