Example sentences of "[noun pl] and go [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 The first three years of his Oxford course of studies would have included grammar , logic and rhetoric ( the trivium ) , after which the student had to attend formal sessions of dispute and argument before becoming a Bachelor of Arts and going on to the second part of the course , music , astronomy , geometry and arithmetic .
2 So it was to be expected that this sight should arouse some curiosity , and after putting their heads together the women put down their bowls and kettles and went over to ask the painter who was coming to live there .
3 Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's .
4 Often there 's a lot of , that people erm do or do n't do that you , you ca n't erm go along with when people are wanting terminations of pregnancy or , or they 're thinking of leaving their husbands and going off with somebody else then you just have to listen to what they say and put the facts as you see them in front of them .
5 They watched the three girls pair off with their brothers and go off in different directions .
6 He closed his eyes and went through in detail what he would like to do to the curly-haired tart .
7 He closed his eyes and went back to sleep .
8 ‘ Oh , I 'm well enough , ’ Mrs Clamp said , shaking her head and coming down off the stool , picking up some more frozen burgers and going back to the freezer .
9 Some might well be Balliol supporters and go along with the Earl for that reason .
10 We drove onto the boat and got out of our cars and went up further to the boat .
11 Corbett nodded , smiled his thanks and went over to where Alexander now slouched in a half-drunken stupor .
12 He arrives spot on time , is introduced in 15 words and goes off at high speed .
13 Unless she cut her losses and went back to England .
14 The small voice inside her , urging her to cut her losses and go back to England , leaving the residents at the Château La Tour Monchauzet to stew in their own rancour , was being overwhelmed by a furious determination to vindicate her mother 's memory at all costs .
15 Birkett shrugged his shoulders and went on with the fish cakes .
16 Nikos shrugged his shoulders and went on with his writing .
17 He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors .
18 Earlier this year , in May , they voted for change , but when Noriega disavowed the election result the mass of the people shrugged their shoulders and went back to work .
19 He shrugged his shoulders and went off leaving me to ponder what he had said .
20 They would stay for a few months and go back .
21 After studying the report , which reiterated the multitude of reservations expressed over the last few months and went on to accuse architect Dominique Perrault of having sacrificed functionalism for the sake of aesthetics , President Mitterrand accepted Perrault 's design , making only the most cosmetic of changes to appease the powerful lobby against the building .
22 Four secondees were still struggling to settle-in some six months after their appointment , but most secondees adjusted within three months and went on to enjoy the scope to shape their jobs , to use their expertise and to become part of a team .
23 In June 1937 Reagan took up residence in Hollywood and quickly established himself as a promising film actor , performing in eight films in his first eleven months and going on to make more than fifty films altogether .
24 Here , in an empty silence , he unpacked his bicycle panniers and went up to the pantry where the bulk of the xerox squatted amongst unsavoury tea-towels beside a tea-stained sink .
25 If you are not familiar with any of these , I have summarised them below so you can learn the fingering shapes and go on to practise them in all keys .
26 At the well they left their books and went down to the shore .
27 Berger clicked his heels and went out .
28 If a grown-up really wants to find out what it is like to live in a young person 's world , let him or her get down on hands and knees and go about like that for a week .
29 Of course , well you could stay in bed all day on Friday And I could take the kids to schools and go back
30 I opened the door at the top of the steps and went in .
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