Example sentences of "goes [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | yeah , it was , the bit I saw was that policeman when he goes although those two were up to no good |
| 32 | It may be hard to accept , but the argument goes that it is easier for a creative and original performer to learn how to play his instrument than it is for a consummate player to learn creativity . |
| 33 | When the Assembly closed the story goes that they found hundreds of dead Indians behind the screen . |
| 34 | The story goes that when the House of Commons was discussing this issue , a leading politician was heard to exclaim : ‘ If the Book of Common prayer was good enough for St Paul , it is good enough for me ! ‘ |
| 35 | The myth goes that the slim person likes , indeed prefers , foods like cottage cheese , plain yogurt , salads , crispbreads , low-fat spreads , and other foods so often described in diets . |
| 36 | The journalist Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd , continuing his indefatigable quest for the ancien régime , identified a clutch of MPs who owned country houses , including Paul Channon and Mark Lennox-Boyd of the Guinness dynasty ( the story goes that when Channon was selected for his seat in Southend , which had been represented by the family since 1912 , local advertising hoardings were proclaiming ‘ Have Another Guinness ! ’ ) . |
| 37 | The story goes that in September 1665 a parcel of cloth arrived in Eyam from London , where the plague was then rife , and infected the villagers . |
| 38 | The story goes that Wenceslas wished to prove his queen was guilty of adultery and Nepomuk , as the queen 's confessor , denied that she was . |
| 39 | Once you uncover the cause , the theory goes that you are half way to solving the particular problem that concerns you . |
| 40 | He was also a vegetarian , although the story goes that Chapman persuaded him to eat steaks after hearing that he sometimes felt faint when heading a ball . |
| 41 | The story goes that one dismal morning they were detailed to take their Mosquito , ‘ D ’ for Dog , up for testing , and as there had been quite a party in the Mess on the previous evening , neither was feeling in the best of moods as they trudged out to dispersal at the crack of dawn . |
| 42 | The legend goes that the first church was started at the bottom of the hill , but during the night the walls were thrown down . |
| 43 | The story goes that it was a very merry party — maybe they were celebrating being able to get in the hay after a bad spell — and they stepped on the bridge to enjoy some music , a very Tallentire thing to do . |
| 44 | Their sad reasoning goes that at least they are noticed when hit , and this is better than what otherwise feels like oblivion . |
| 45 | The story goes that whilst the Governor General was paying a visit to the camp certain Luftwaffe officers complained of , amongst other grievances , inadequate seating — the lack of chairs . |
| 46 | The story goes that , one day , the goddess was dusting and picked up a ball of lint dropped by a blue humming-bird , placing it inside her apron . |
| 47 | There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter … |
| 48 | The story goes that , after Wapping , Kinnock treated the Murdoch papers with such disdain that he deserved all he got . |
| 49 | The argument goes that such a compilation report would require some work to be carried out , but the problem of defining how much work would create insurmountable difficulties . |
| 50 | The story goes that he 's fallen out with his friends in the Provos , and he 's either on the run , or they murdered him and dumped the body . |
| 51 | The story goes that , when she was nursing my sister , I said to her , ‘ Put that thing in the pram and come play with me . ’ |
| 52 | The story goes that Blackburn chairman Jack Walker was unimpressed by Thomas 's contribution in the 3–3 draw at Selhurst Park and refused to sign another of his famous cheques with all those zeros . |
| 53 | The story goes that when Nicholl was explaining a new tactical formation to Cherednik , Gotsmanov had the whole squad rolling around by interrupting : ‘ What time does the coach leave . ’ |
| 54 | The story goes that an angry auto body painter noticed his masking tape only had adhesive along its edges and told the salesman : ‘ Take this tape back to your stingy Scotch bosses and tell them to put more adhesive on it . ’ |
| 55 | The argument goes that if an issue has been over-subscribed , people who come in late already know that it has been a success and are therefore cutting down their risk . |
| 56 | The tale goes that a little while back , IBM Corp was using street names , reportedly from the Palo Alto town map , as its product code names — Sierra , Summit perhaps — and had been carefully working up the map , so that all you had to do to put a top IBMer into a real flap was to pick a name from the map a couple of streets up from the most recent one you 'd heard of and ask how that product was coming along . |
| 57 | The story goes that trains from distant towns had special coaches attached ( or there were even dedicated special trains ) to bring those sentenced to imprisonment for serious offences to Huntsville . |
| 58 | The tale goes that a little while back , IBM Corp was using street names , reportedly from the Palo Alto town map , as its product code names — Sierra , Summit perhaps — and had been carefully working up the map , so that all you had to do to put a top IBMer into a real flap was to pick a name from the map a couple of streets up from the most recent one you 'd heard of and ask how that product was coming along . |
| 59 | The story goes that this castle was founded by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa , ‘ Redbeard ’ no less . |
| 60 | The argument usually goes that because the nature of effective production ( e.g. stable , rigid , discipline-oriented ) and the nature of effective R & D ( e.g. fluid , organic , creativity-oriented ) are so diametrically opposed , the two functions have to be managed by entirely different principles . |