Example sentences of "did not go [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Greeks did not react — or rather did not go beyond the surface of Roman life — until they found themselves faced with a first-class power which had defeated the Greek armies of Pyrrhus on the open field .
2 The black-market dollar , Brazil 's most nervous index , did not go through the roof .
3 America 's first hostile bids did not go over the heads of the managers , but that did not make them friendly .
4 He did not go towards the study door because his mother , coming down the stairs , called , ‘ Who was that …
5 The interview did not go as the interview with MacQuillan 's mistress had gone and Rain was soon climbing ashore , silently cursing Crystal Daly 's gullibility .
6 Coroner : ‘ It seems to me deplorable that you did not go into the workhouse . ’
7 ‘ But I did not go into the priory , if that is what you are asking , Clerk .
8 Nails did not go into the shop but stood looking up the road .
9 They did not go into the forest or , at the most , only a hundred yards or so .
10 She did not go to the sea .
11 They did not go to the cinema !
12 This of course helped make sure that people of established wealth did not go to the colonies .
13 She did not go to the station , but she went along the line to the place where the engines stopped .
14 She did not go to the room with the twin beds but to the single room with the sloping ceiling .
15 His best friend did not go to the funeral because he had already decided to go on a day trip to France !
16 The social workers in Orkney did not go to the children 's teachers before the removal of the children to find out if there were any problems at school .
17 Princess Diana did not go to the hideaway in Les Barroux , Provence — spending the weekend privately in London .
18 She did not go to the post office the next evening or the next .
19 But I 'm afraid I did not go to the opera . ’
20 At Place Massena , she entered the gloomy passage to the rue du Bateau , but she did not go to the flat , she turned right and wound through the lanes instead .
21 Monday gave way to Tuesday , the day on which she did not go to the library .
22 He did not go to the Grammar School , as has been stated elsewhere ; but he did go to Dr. Henry Clarke 's mathematical school in Salford , answering four mathematical questions in 1775 , and three the following year .
23 One source said : ‘ There was a remarkably free-flowing and open discussion at the Cabinet subcommittee as the majority of ministers did not go to the meeting with a departmental brief .
24 Flavia did not go to the tower .
25 Asian ships did not go round the Cape of Good Hope to trade with Europe , and East Indiamen , as the Company 's ships were called , were so heavily armed and were so much safer from the risk of piracy that merchants found them useful carriers even though they did not sail as fast as local ships until the Company had its ships built of teak some decades later .
26 Yeah well he , did n't go up the sides or something ?
27 We we did n't go past the water tower .
28 It did n't go onto the windowsill .
29 And maybe somebody would come to your door and say their wee boy or their girl was making their first communion , and they were in dire straights and could n't buy anything for them , and you would more or less have to give them your book to help them out , but you would go with them so that they did n't go over the score and get just exactly what that wain needed , you know , and just hope that they had enough money to pay you at the end of the quarter , you know .
30 Whether or not the ultimate diagnosis is correct in every one or not , the answer is I do n't know because many children did n't go through the process that was needed .
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