Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] go [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |
| 2 | She was overwhelmed by a mixture of terror and relief as he left her at the wheel and went forward to free the line . |
| 3 | So it was to be expected that this sight should arouse some curiosity , and after putting their heads together the women put down their bowls and kettles and went over to ask the painter who was coming to live there . |
| 4 | He 's got a daughter from a previous relationship and he used to have her at weekends and he used to leave her all the time so he could go and play football and go out drinking . |
| 5 | He closed his eyes and went back to sleep . |
| 6 | Erm , well as long as the child is , is young enough to believe in the bogie man , everything is fine , and that child may well go to bed on time and er , and er , shuts its eyes and goes straight to sleep er in fear . |
| 7 | After basic religious toleration was conceded in 1689 , the dissenters turned their back once and for all on Anglicanism and went on to develop the distinctive spirituality which was to play so dynamic a role in the revolutionary social and economic changes of the next century . |
| 8 | In his first State of the Union message , Reagan reiterated the essentials of his programme and went on to call for an increase in defence spending of $7.2 billion and cuts in excess of $40 billion from the proposed 1982 budget of $740 billion . |
| 9 | That you can easily lose your concentration and go off to sleep and so it is in the truth , so we need to stay awake , stand firm for almighty , be vigilant and again in the scriptures we could look up half a dozen scriptures in the Christian Greek scriptures to show that we need to keep spiritually awake and it uses different terminology you 've heard me use some already , remember the one in verse Peter four , verse seven ? |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll see if I can get tickets , ’ was all he offered before kissing her sweetly on the mouth and going inside to get some paperwork together for the meeting with his lawyer who was driving out from Palma to see him . |
| 11 | Rev. Leslie Lloyd Rees led a meditation for Lent , which opened with a hymn and went on to consider the ministry of Christ 's passion and resurrection . |
| 12 | ‘ I borrowed some other guy 's gear and went straight back out and lost his too . |
| 13 | Born in 1913 , he was educated at Clifton College and went on to read law at Bristol University . |
| 14 | He shrugged his shoulders and went off leaving me to ponder what he had said . |
| 15 | However , the initiative was welcomed by Jordan , Yemen and the PLO and went on to serve as one of the main diplomatic planks of the pro-Iraqi Arab bloc . |
| 16 | Four secondees were still struggling to settle-in some six months after their appointment , but most secondees adjusted within three months and went on to enjoy the scope to shape their jobs , to use their expertise and to become part of a team . |
| 17 | After studying the report , which reiterated the multitude of reservations expressed over the last few months and went on to accuse architect Dominique Perrault of having sacrificed functionalism for the sake of aesthetics , President Mitterrand accepted Perrault 's design , making only the most cosmetic of changes to appease the powerful lobby against the building . |
| 18 | In June 1937 Reagan took up residence in Hollywood and quickly established himself as a promising film actor , performing in eight films in his first eleven months and going on to make more than fifty films altogether . |
| 19 | Kaisa , bored by the proceedings , takes advantage of the slack trace and goes over to have a look at a tree . |
| 20 | If you are not familiar with any of these , I have summarised them below so you can learn the fingering shapes and go on to practise them in all keys . |
| 21 | Omero left the den and went outside to find Minky , who was out exercising in the morning air . |
| 22 | Of course , the star of Happy Days was Ron Howard , who played teen everynerd Richie Cunningham and went on to direct Parenthood , Backdraft and the recent Oirish immigrant western Far And Away . |
| 23 | ‘ I had every intention of becoming a pianist or conductor but in a great flash of realisation I decided that I would only ever be a mediocre musician and went off to study drama . ’ |
| 24 | I believe that a Christian 's position on this matter recognises the necessity for state action but goes on to argue that much of education , health and other welfare services could be quite adequately provided through the private sector , with the result that people would be free to exercise greater freedom of choice and also exercise greater responsibility over their lives . |
| 25 | In other words , a complete picture of the structure of competition must be built up from consideration of the location and form of the whole chain of activities that go together to make up a business . |
| 26 | The imperfections of our parents cause us to generate compensatory emotions that go on influencing us throughout life . |
| 27 | About 80 per cent of officials in these ministries survived the US purge and went on to cooperate with the Occupation in containing the labour movement into ‘ sound ’ de-politicized unions . |
| 28 | Horsley passed the test and went off to see Thornton , who was still simmering and had nothing but dire warnings for him . |
| 29 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 30 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |