Example sentences of "[noun pl] go a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only time things went a bit quiet was when a couple of Eladeldi came in and sniffed around , on patrol , because all gatherings on the plat are at their sufferance , public or private . |
| 2 | Things went a bit flat among the cakes for some … but that 's as nothing to the one recurrent nightmare for the organiser |
| 3 | You see , some girl 's been out for a drink , or to a disco , met a fella , the fella invites her back , she goes , and things go a bit further than she intended . |
| 4 | It 's , it 's okay I mean when he 's away things go , actually things go a lot smoother . |
| 5 | Things go a lot smoother when he 's not here . |
| 6 | deep cross coming in , brilliant header at the back post , Palace get a second goal and the scorer again is , uncovered at the back post , brilliant buildup down the left , superb finishing , the hero , Palace fans on their feet , Notts fans sit in silence , they trail two nil , with twenty minutes gone a push on , the referee looked across to the linesman on this nearside , Notts attacking the Lane end and the linesman said penalty , twenty one minutes gone here in this game , just a minute after scored . |
| 7 | After five minutes or so and a few shaky moments in some bankside undergrowth , a huge koi graced my net which when put on the scales went a shade over 15lb . |
| 8 | Barbara Gaskin of Jarrolds in Norwich said : ‘ Book Tokens went a bomb , and delivery of new cards was prompt when we had to reorder . ’ |
| 9 | Whereas the library promotion schemes are designed to publicize the library service , the courses go a stage further by giving an insight of how the library operates as well as orienting the course participant to the services and stock . |
| 10 | So if your bowels go a bit loose , do n't be |