Example sentences of "[noun sg] go at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ There was a scholarship going at one of the drama schools , you see , and I entered it on impulse . |
2 | Its the same as making a formula one car go at 200 miles an hour for each and every driver … handling is down to individual skill |
3 | You heard what he said , his coach goes at twelve-forty-five . |
4 | You know there was there was no other work going at that time . |
5 | Three pound fifteen shillings yeah and that 's how , that 's how the work went at that time but as I say these boatmen erm they used t they used to sit down on lock gates day in and day out and did n't have a ship to come in but I 've kno kno known them to row down the river at high tide or it 's before high tide and there 'd be another erm , there 'd be other boatmen there , one was called , he went down , he used to go down and get 'em going , there used to be a race between these two families or the and the first one got the boat , the first one roped it in you see , or wh what we call roping in , moor mooring the ship up , that was |
6 | Trouble was , if she appeared downstairs too soon it would look as if she was cadging a lift , and if she arrived too late they would have gone without her — and then how would she summon up the courage to go at all ? |
7 | ‘ I could have run faster but I did not have the confidence to go at 14 miles , ’ said Evans . |
8 | The first post went at 7.30 a.m . |
9 | Then glancing at his watch , he said , ‘ Come on , get up out of that ; I 've got to be away , my train goes at four o'clock . ’ |
10 | Claire springs into bathroom with cry of rage ( the train goes at 8.21 ) Steven nicks himself with a safety razor that ca n't nick you . |
11 | Train goes at seven . ’ |
12 | ‘ Do you think it would be sensible for a woman to go at that time of night into the house of an unmarried man ? ’ she asked . |
13 | good luck to them … and to Witney Town who 've got their super new ground going at last … |
14 | Was there a church choir going at that time then ? |
15 | No bomb was found after a search of the ground with tracker dogs and when the game eventually started over a hour late , both teams , level at 1–1 after the first leg went at each other in an explosive start . |
16 | Just before one o'clock and the bus goes at five past one . |
17 | All we have to do is report to the parents once a year it does n't say that everything has to be on the report sheet at the same time it may well be some information goes at one particular time and some at another . |
18 | So , it 's , alright it 's not a major problem , but that 's the only difficulty with it is it 's not , it 's good having the bus service where you do n't have to pay , right , if you do n't , like I did n't realize the bus went at five past one , and I was all ready to go , and er , it was ten past one , and I thought , oh no , so I had to wait till three o'clock . |
19 | Yes , I want to leave early tomorrow , because I 'm , I 'm not going to rush for a train , I do n't want to be caught thinking oh the last train to Stow Market goes at four o'clock and I 've got to run for it I got to be prepared to miss the train . |
20 | Similarly , it was long obvious that time went at the same rate for every observer , but since Einstein , we have had to accept that time goes at different rates for different observers . |
21 | The trigger on that gun went at fifteen pounds , er just about |