Example sentences of "[subord] go [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't fiddle my results really — usually it 's easier to make up excuses for it being wrong than to go through and work it out to make it come out right .
2 I realised Michael could save me maybe five years of work , but I figured I 'd rather go slow and steady than to go fast and have it all fall apart .
3 And if you 're a policeman on the beat , with an eye on promotion , what easier way to keep your arrest rate up than to go out and pull in some black kids off the street .
4 The insurers now have groups of approved repairers and it is often easier for a customer to use those , than to go off and find their own repairer .
5 You feel more confident do n't you in a group situation if you know exactly what people er er know or what they do n't know , cos there 's nothing worse is n't there than to go in and thinking they may already know this , I might be going in an teaching my grandmother to suck eggs here , I 'm not sure what they know about this .
6 If you 're unhappy and miserable because you 're lonely , then you have to find other ways to address that than going out and buying something to wear , or getting drunk .
7 ‘ It 's like you were just out there to work , not mess about , so we got more into the music than going out and celebrating .
8 Almost always , where there is a strong market position in a mature consulting environment , the needs are consolidation , client management and strong attention to quality rather than going out and finding new clients .
9 And he says well , I can wait till tomorrow , better than going back and coming again .
10 When released from prison he shows how he relied on others , by needing to be with the church after release from prison rather than going off and licking his wounds by himself .
11 It has been said of him that he would rather live in his native country , and not be allowed to publish , than go elsewhere and be free to do so .
12 They have nothing better to do than go down and make a nuisance of themselves to people who are peacefully going about their own affairs .
13 Like you , I used to be overcome with shyness and would hover outside a roomful of people rather than go in and meet them .
14 Tumbleweed hesitated and turned as if to go back and I put my arm round his shoulders .
15 But as he was finishing his second pint , and wondering again whether to go up and see one or other of the Mrs Machins , his mind was made up for him .
16 Then it has to decide if it actually wants to shrink-wrap the stuff , and finally whether to go ahead and put together a marketing and distribution effort for the completed product .
17 After nine months in office he still is uncertain whether to go fast or slow on any issue from the Russians to oil slicks .
18 the whatsernames , so at least I can know whether to go home and come back
19 I did n't know whether to go back and try for something in the West End again , or television , films — or even go back into fringe theatre .
20 Now I 'm wondering whether to go in and try to find out whether the owner has already got a vet .
21 ‘ It 'll also be the judge 's — if you 're so foolish as to go ahead and fight me . ’
22 If judicial review is seen as going further and being concerned with the protection of groups as well as individuals , standing rules should only require that the applicant show that he , she or it shares some interest with others .
23 Then this morning , there had been a note from the Super saying the Dean had requested that the police officers who were investigating the crime should please remember where they were when going in and out of the Cathedral .
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