Example sentences of "[pron] go under the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan had watched while I went under the rock , had been surprised when I vigorously stood up and had stood transfixed as I gently pitched forwards off the rock . |
| 2 | The origins of the military colony of Elephantine are unknown , but the author of the letter which goes under the name of Aristeas must have found somewhere the piece of information that Jewish soldiers helped Psammetichus in his campaign against the king of the Ethiopians ( 13 ) . |
| 3 | Knitters who have machines with a mirror image facility could use this technique to match up patterns at the centre , but remember that you lose the two centre stitches plus the one on each side which goes under the band — it would never do to have two ducks without heads facing one another , would it ! |
| 4 | But although , for many purposes , this sense of separate identity is not only understandable and indeed highly desirable , it is going to make it extremely difficult to get the best out of that ambitious enterprise which goes under the code-name ‘ 1992 ’ . |
| 5 | Aerial spraying of the fungicide , which goes under the trade name of " Ronilan " , is now completely outlawed and farmers are forbidden to use it on any crop which is not peeled or shelled . |
| 6 | Even if the observation was not consciously made , Leonard recognised the great similarities which were taking place between music and poetry ( and in art and sculpture , too ) , which went under the name of neo-classicism in the former and modernism in the latter . |
| 7 | The auction opened with Daniel Chodowiecki 's watercolour ‘ Frederick II on horseback ’ of 1777 , which went under the hammer at DM78,000 ( £31,200 ; $49,920 ) , more than double its estimate ; it reached its first highpoint with Max Liebermann 's ‘ Garden on the Wannsee ’ of 1916 , for which a north German collector paid DM480,000 ( £192,000 ; $307,200 ) . |
| 8 | The organisers ' policy of making the estimates attractive to potential buyers was again vindicated with Willi Baumeister 's painting ‘ Four Points ’ which realised DM200,000 ( £68,000 ; $124,100 ) , a 1964 untitled watercolour by Ernst Wilhelm Nay which went under the hammer at DM62,000 ( £21.400 ; $38,500 ) and an unusually bright picture of the Tiergarten by Liebermann , secured by a private bidder for the princely sum of DM430,000 ( £148,300 ; $266,900 : estimate DM300,000 ) . |
| 9 | Pamela Watson from Sellafield , who went under the nom-de-plume of R.E . |
| 10 | If you are worried about anything , particularly your pet or pets , then either before you go under the anaesthetic or as soon as you are conscious , ask the nurse to ring your neighbour and find out if they received your message and whether everything is all right . |
| 11 | Now just on the left as you go under the archway there was a small door |
| 12 | Will we go under the bridge ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If you got as far as Spargo 's you must have seen him go under the scaffolding . ’ |
| 14 | Other items of stonework and white marble figures are expected to bring five-figure sums and a total of £50,000 or more is hoped for when they go under the hammer on the 27th and 28th of this month . |
| 15 | down and there 's a path goes along and it comes , it goes under the road bridge and it comes out at the foot bridge and it runs next to it |
| 16 | Far , far he goes until he goes under the sea . |
| 17 | And as he goes under the hooves Andy looks around for John , eyes wide , but John can not help him . |
| 18 | I went un he went under the waterfall with me did n't you Chris ? |
| 19 | Randolf , because he went under the car and then he off can you post my , the thing to the A A tomorrow ? |
| 20 | Good idea wo n't be a bad idea mm , what I thought was the tough steak has turned out to be the , the one that 's not I cut the steaks about a bit , one was a bit fattier than the other the one that I had I thought would be dead tough , is tender it 's int it ? they look more like a sirloin steak to me than a rump , even though it went under the name of rump it looked like you can only tell the shape of it ca n't , oh God |
| 21 | Edwards 's health having deteriorated during 1814 , he determined to sell his library and it went under the hammer of R. H. Evans on 15 April 1815 , the 830 lots bringing £8,432 . |