Example sentences of "the [noun sg] go [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , the computer goes down for a hour , it 's three-quarters of the day to get everything back and validated , and that 's a major interruption . |
| 2 | The computer went down for a while , it 's probably full of water |
| 3 | The bucket went up in a geyser of flame , yellow and blue and white . |
| 4 | The noise went on for a long time . |
| 5 | The roof goes on in a few tumultuous hours . |
| 6 | Dear Mr. Lum — who had been admitted to the Weavers ' Company himself in 1787 — had agreed to recommend his friend William Charles Titford , and the deal went through as a freedom by redemption — that is , by virtue of payment — rather than by apprenticeship or patrimony . |
| 7 | This had been of something more than philosophical interest to Karen and I in our pre-coital phase , since it meant that we could count on at least a minute thirty seconds before he reappeared , or as much as three minutes forty-five seconds if we heard the seat go down for a big jobby . |
| 8 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 9 | Meanwhile the search goes on for a scientific breakthrough . |
| 10 | The bow went off with a terrible noise , like bones breaking . |
| 11 | The saleswoman went over to a rack of ankle-length cottons in different colours . |
| 12 | Later on in the profession itself the process goes on at a different level . |
| 13 | Because the chemical reaction between ozone and chlorine lowers the temperature , this makes it even easier for ice clouds to form again the following winter and the process goes round in a circle . |
| 14 | Hotel duty manager George Ashou , who was only 10ft from the blast , said : ‘ The bomb went off with a muffled crump . |
| 15 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 16 | The place went up in a matter of minutes . |
| 17 | One time the father was away on business , and the stepmother went out to a harvest festival . |
| 18 | With soloist , conductor and orchestra on this kind of form , it is no surprise that the Finale goes off like a rocket . |
| 19 | So long as someone knows you 're down there and comes to dig you out , then a basement 's always best , even if the rest goes down like a pack of cards . ’ |
| 20 | Remember what your psalmist says : ‘ The devil goes around like a lion seeking whom he would devour . ’ |
| 21 | When the court sat we were told that the King had died then the court went out for a while . |
| 22 | The plastic went off with a smack of solid air that stabbed pain into his ears and moved the container next to him . |
| 23 | The next day , Jellicoe and the guide went off to a nearby village , arranging to meet Bergé and his men on the beach . |
| 24 | In the House of Lords , the argument went off on a rather different tack . |
| 25 | You need the permission of the owner to go in for a title search so you 'd have to know the owner first . |
| 26 | The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening . |
| 27 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 28 | Instead of looking for new approaches that could galvanize the industry to deal with its problems , the call went up for a leader who would , in the words of one Bioscope editorial , be able ‘ to make order out of disorder , to organize agreement and concord with a strong hand , tactfully and helpfully , yet with a stern repression of pettiness and ignoble motives . ’ . |
| 29 | The call went out from a meeting of the National Transport Workers ' Federation Executive on 10 June , Edmund Cathery , in Wilson 's continued absence , declaring that his union would not be bound by it . |
| 30 | The service at the crematorium went off like a house on fire and on returning home I received a phone call from Pybus to say that , at a meeting of directors , Carter and Tilley had quit . |