Example sentences of "go [adv prt] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elba remains largely unspoilt and life goes on in a traditional vein |
| 2 | Have you ever noticed the response when a car alarm goes off in a busy street ? |
| 3 | How do people arrive at conclusions about what is going on in a particular instance ? |
| 4 | On May 8 Sami Abdul-Rahman , a member of the delegation [ see p. 38127 ] , said that " the talks [ were ] going on in a positive spirit " , although questions relating to international guarantees for an accord and Kurdish control over the oil-producing town of Kirkuk remained unresolved . |
| 5 | But the real fun is going on in a nearby barn with pumpkin lanterns . |
| 6 | He says he 's convinced he saw Mrs Maxwell going out in a small car . |
| 7 | So that that the leaflet 's going to be going out in a mega mailing . |
| 8 | Perhaps you have always wanted to go up in a hot air balloon , appear on stage in a local amateur production or jump from a higher board at the swimming pool — well , how about it ? |
| 9 | Cos I 've got to go out in a few minutes . |
| 10 | so she 's got to go back in a few weeks ' time |
| 11 | That does n't mean we have to go around in a great lather of gratitude all the time . |
| 12 | ‘ It seems , ’ he went on in a calmer voice , ‘ that Rickie and Robin-Anne are among the sizeable minority of the population that is peculiarly prone to severe addiction . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It is , actually , ’ she went on in a normal voice . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone . |
| 15 | He went on in a similar vein . |
| 16 | ‘ Partly as a result of excessive leniency , ’ he went on in a familiar line of argument , ‘ there has been developed a pestiferous class of young ruffians who have caused great suffering to the respectable … to whom they have become a terror . ’ |
| 17 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 18 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ he went on in a low voice , ‘ I lie awake at night thinking of what would happen to this place if you should die without issue . ’ |
| 19 | He stopped and went on in a low voice , ‘ I came back early from school and when I came in I saw she 'd been crying . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You can tell your father , ’ she went on in a low voice , ‘ there 's plenty in the valley willing to help . |
| 21 | Miraculously , her voice went on in a steady stream , without a quiver , while her mind tried to take in what had happened . |
| 22 | Among the more fascinating of his cases is one of a woman ( whom I shall call Judith ) who , having regressed to being a young woman in a previous lifetime ( we 'll call her Alice ) , went on in a later session to regress to being Alice 's mother — who , it is interesting to note , had died at the precise moment her daughter was born . |
| 23 | Oh , I can read the signs as well as anyone , ’ Dora went on in a sudden surge of indignation as Melissa 's eyebrows lifted . |
| 24 | ‘ I saw Liza Carrow , ’ Eleanor went on in a matter-of-fact way . |
| 25 | ‘ I did mean what I said last night , ’ she went on in a strangled whisper . |
| 26 | In many respects , however , life in a special school is like any other day or boarding school , and it would be wrong to assume that rare and special things go on in a special school . |
| 27 | The thing has gone on in a different way from previous years , and the outcome , as you 've observed , although the Liberal Democrats initially proposed spending at capping , they have gone down by half a million pounds . |
| 28 | When the Titanic was finally located on the sea-bed a crew went down in a tiny submarine to explore the wreckage . |
| 29 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |
| 30 | He then attacked a third which went down in a vertical dive , apparently into the sea . |