Example sentences of "[noun prp] go [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managing director Paul Newton goes one stage further . |
| 2 | The demands of Cold War politics prompted Aragon to go one step further and fabricate a fictional representation of Nizan 's treachery which had in the first instance itself been fabricated from Nizan " sown fictional productions . |
| 3 | Through a series of reforms , most notably the retiring on full pay of some 8,000 officers , Azaña went some way towards achieving the first of these goals . |
| 4 | Undeterred , the straight talking Mr Marlow went one step further outside the Commons Chamber . |
| 5 | Stewart made the mistake of moving too far across his stumps and then trying to flick a straight ball to leg , while Hick went third ball after lunch to a sloppy drive at Kapil Dev and an edge to second slip . |
| 6 | Icon Make-It goes one step further towards mayhem — it 's an integrated package for the sensibly challenged . |
| 7 | I called urgently to Nigel to go next door to see what was happening , as I was unsuitably dressed . |
| 8 | Tallis went icy cold . |
| 9 | Heath went some time in March , I think . |
| 10 | Pascal goes some way towards this recognition when he observes : ‘ I see , in truth , that the same words are applied on the same occasions , and that every time two men see a body change its place , they both express their view of this same fact by the same word , both saying that it has moved ; and from this conformity of application we derive a strong conviction of a conformity of ideas . |
| 11 | McClellan goes some way towards achieving this with his ‘ mean issue per book ratio ’ . |
| 12 | Ladbrokes go 33-1 bar . |
| 13 | This had been especially the case in budgetary matters and the foundation of the CBO went some way towards correcting the situation . |
| 14 | And Tish went bloody hell ! |
| 15 | Robert went next door to the headmaster 's study and tapped at it nervously . |
| 16 | Hank went cold right down his back and into his feet . |
| 17 | Jinny went bright red and started towards the door so fast that Keith did not catch her up until she was outside on the path . |
| 18 | Hurd went some way to placate this view by assuring MPs that if they did not wish to incorporate the treaty into British law , by voting down the whole bill , then the treaty would not be ratified . |
| 19 | China went one stage further when on signature it ‘ reserve[d] its right to reconsider these obligations if other nuclear weapon states or the contracting parties to the Treaty take any action in gross violation of the Treaty ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ The other options are to fight in Europe or against another British fighter like Henry Wharton — but if Benn goes that way he would be offered money I would n't get out of bed for . ’ |
| 21 | He had Salim Malik in trouble , but Gooch went next leg before . |
| 22 | Claudia went deathly cold and Roman raised his head , puzzled by the transformation from eager lover into a marble statue . |
| 23 | Laura McCaffrey went dry slope skiing at Calshot Activities Centre , . |
| 24 | The whole anthem affair has been dealt with and the minute 's silence at Newlands went some way to repairing the damage of Ellis Park . |
| 25 | In Council for Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service ( H. L. , 1984 ) the House of Lords went some way towards the view that they could control the way the prerogative was exercised . |
| 26 | Two years ago Mrs Ayers went next door to feed Ivy 's cat while she was at the hairdressers when she disturbed burglars at work . |
| 27 | GARY Connolly , the St Helens centre , scored his third try in two games in Australia as Canterbury-Bankstown went joint top of the RL Winfield Cup with a 30–0 thrashing of Newcastle Knights . |
| 28 | Vasilissa went stony cold with fear , for the eyes in all the skulls glared at her , but she walked forward to the hut and called out , " Hut ! |
| 29 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 30 | Henry Druce went white water rafting in June as a guest of the Turkish Government . |