Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv prt] [v-ing] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't be sure she would have the heart to go on running racehorses if she were forced to believe Harry a murderer … if she thought he had left her without warning , without a note , if she were worried sick by not knowing where he 'd gone , and was also haunted by the thought of Harry with Angela Brickell . ’ |
| 2 | Having mastered aerobatics in his little Deaky before the war , he had gained Hitler 's permission to go on bombing runs , although — boringly — only as a gunner . |
| 3 | And then they they used to pape lads going round selling papers you know the newspapers with no shoes and stockings on the feet . |
| 4 | They let all the big companies go round digging holes in the road , and when people fall in and complain they say it 's all for their own good , and after a while they hope the people will revolt so they can give the police guns and thin out the population , and then they 'll have a police state — which is what they 've always wanted — and the rich will be able to live in peace . ’ |
| 5 | He was n't a political man , spent his leisure going out shooting rabbits for " snap " ( food ) , and it was obvious that his most intimate relationships were with his dogs and the land I 'd forgotten coal-mines are often almost " rural " . |
| 6 | Traditionally , psychologists go about assessing children 's capabilities by using some standardized experimental task . |
| 7 | Terrorist organisations are usually too busy with other things to go around killing comedians . |
| 8 | A survey of 140 heads , deputies and careers teachers by a marketing consultancy found that 54 per cent thought that businesses went about recruiting school-leavers ‘ not very well ’ or ‘ very badly ’ . |
| 9 | Miliutin went on writing memoranda after the war had come to an end . |
| 10 | Adam went about opening windows . |
| 11 | ‘ Tem bastards go on queerbashin' tirades at every opportunity . |
| 12 | Tinnock went around assaulting Lions , as did No.8 Rata Smith , who , incredibly , received the ‘ Fair Play ’ Award . |
| 13 | Subtle but damning variations of idiolect are unlikely to count for much in a country where people go around wearing tee-shirts inscribed with things like ‘ The essence of brave 's aerial adventure : the flight 's academy of the American east club with the traditional gallery of Great Britain diesel ’ . |
| 14 | And that 's right , but what we 've got now is children going around knocking doors , perhaps knocking on elderly peoples doors |
| 15 | Environmental regulation has focused on other forms of pollution ; only a third of air pollution expenditure goes on removing particles and most of this is spent on catching larger particles , those that are more than 10 microns in diameter . |
| 16 | Similarly the choir boys went round singing carols in the week after Christmas , being regaled with refreshment at most houses , and afterwards dividing the small sums given by those who allowed us to sing . |
| 17 | As Clare went on arranging things in her calm quiet voice , Carolyn lost concentration . |