Example sentences of "he go [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If your candidate is going to research the level of pollution in a local river , he does n't stand on the bridge and look ; he either wades in to feel for junk or he goes in with a professional diver to find it .
2 A horse will soon become used to the excitement of a show provided that he goes out on a regular basis from an early age .
3 He went over to a flowerbed and felt around in the mud .
4 In the final between Bridgend and Gloucester , after a flash of brilliance from Glen Webbe towards the end when he went over for a magnificent try and another brilliant individual effort by him when he sent over Mark Jones , Bridgend clinched a 22–12 victory .
5 Then he went on to a merciless performance as an inarticulate Garda , who had been called to the school to deliver the annual lecture on road safety .
6 He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right .
7 He went on in a similar vein .
8 ‘ 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 . ’
9 ‘ The next morning , ’ he went on in a flat emotionless voice , ‘ I rose late .
10 ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone .
11 ‘ 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 . ’
12 ‘ You 'll have other interests now , though , ’ he went on in a friendly , easy manner .
13 ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval .
14 He went home with a single man whose mantelpiece was crowded with framed family photos — partners , holidays , weddings , babies , graduations , christenings ; the man ( who was gorgeous ) told Boy that he worked in a photo processing lab , and that none of the photos were of his own family or lovers , but were all stolen .
15 Having got to Bristol , he went home for a short holiday and died .
16 ‘ Today he went out with a big score on the board and 15 overs remaining .
17 Playing with Coceres he went out in a level par 36 and started the homeward half with three successive pars to be five shots off the lead .
18 Me , myself , and I. ’ After losing in the Gotcha Pro early that summer on the South Side of Oahu , he went off on a self-destructive bender .
19 He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns .
20 He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him .
21 He went off with a medium spring to his step and I saw him later with his arms round Donna 's shoulders , which was n't ( as far as I knew ) in his script .
22 He went off with a lovely bang . ’
23 I got my first into the sea close off Sliema and the second was on the way out some miles further out and he went in without a top wing .
24 However , he went down to a promising Dubliner Noel Higgins of Glasnevin 13–11 .
25 He went down on a loose ball and my boot landed on him .
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