Example sentences of "they [det] go [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all went to the local comprehensive — which I wanted to but , because I passed my 11-plus I got sent to the grammar instead . |
| 2 | They all went into the nearest back-court , a circle was formed , the contestants stripped to the waist , then faced each other . |
| 3 | I expect they all went in the Second World War . |
| 4 | If everybody knows everybody else and they all go to the same parties , then there is bound to be a certain unanimity , if not in their judgements at least in their objects of attention . |
| 5 | She , they all go to the same school . |
| 6 | ‘ If they all go through the pelleting machines , the residues will remain . ’ |
| 7 | Instead of each chromosome in that pair going into a separate egg , they both go into the same one , so that when the egg is fertilised , the triple chromosome is created . |
| 8 | It 's like saying why is somebody a better pianist than his colleague , even though they both went to the same conservatory . |