Example sentences of "[art] [noun] go the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The conversations should be designed so that the student can use them outside the classroom , and use them is such a way that he/she can control the direction go the conversation .
2 The dale rocked with mirth for days as the story went the rounds and will probably be retold for another generation to come .
3 If the fight goes the distance , there might hardly be the thickness of a stamp between them unless Chris ups his recent workrate .
4 Along with this imaginative , inspirational side of the mind goes the capacity — better developed in some than in others — for intuition .
5 The barman took the dive for cover as half the bar-counter went the way of all flesh , only faster .
6 Jokes about their own plight and sarcasms aimed at ‘ Them ’ at the top went the rounds as the standard of living fell steadily throughout Romania in the 1980s .
7 You passed up the chance to go the pit then ?
8 At the end of the day the pavements in this area would be covered with corn-samples discarded after a deal had been struck — the farmer would plunge his hand into his pocket , produce a sample which would be carefully examined by the dealer and then onto the ground went the handful to be gratefully devoured in due course by the rapidly growing pigeon population .
9 The back went you know the seat of the chair went the back .
10 We should turn off the television and play Scrabble instead , so that our minds are challenged : ‘ If the economy goes the way we think it will , your extra brain power will come in handy . ’
11 ‘ To the victors go the spoils , ’ intones Minna , with an outrageous wink .
12 From the word go the crowd ( badly dressed , smelly , blank-faced and radiating tragedy ) greeted the bands with abuse and bottles of cider which they had feverishly pissed in .
13 Where the customer goes the money goes too .
14 The land went the way of so much other land in America — it became a parking lot .
15 The Jacobites had planned to follow the proclamation at Braemar by seizing Edinburgh Castle , which would have got the rebellion off to a flying start , for with the Castle gone the city would almost certainly have been captured .
16 Denis smiled to himself as he thought of the jingle going the rounds :
17 a mother keeps a family together , which I think 's true , and then when the mother goes the family are still keep in contact
18 Coupled with her hope that the war may end in a stalemate goes the hope that she may never be obliged to become a belligerent nation .
19 This order was maintained as the runners came past the stands and started to make their way along the back stretch , and with half a mile to go the field was tightly bunched .
20 With a year to go the NZRFU have yet to provide a detailed breakdown .
21 Half an hour gone the captain has an injury but his side have taken the lead .
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