Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv prt] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parties went on at lartington Hall but it was n't the same place after the death of Mr Field . |
| 2 | My mother I remember there was a sale of work going on at Palfrey church once and bef I had just been made apprentice at Wolverhampton and of course I got amongst the , they , when they came the , the Derby day they were all having a bet on it so I , I said to the give them half a crown , so he said you ca n't have half a crown and he said what do you want it for so I said they 're putting it on a horse was on this horse it won , so of course this sale of work was in great progress when I gets off the train at station and thought well I could n't understand in er Palfrey Church Hall , so she was there in all her finery and I said we 've won , we 've won she said shut up , shut up she said but erm no I think the biggest character in Caldmore was Father . |
| 3 | Kermode 's seminar established a useful informal link with the work going on at Cambridge , and the participants included Stephen Heath , Jonathan Culler , who was at that time teaching at Cambridge , and Culler 's then wife , Veronica Forrest-Thomson . |
| 4 | There was one classic occasion when the flare went out at Fawley refinery . |
| 5 | Another suggestion is that it was a fulfilment of a prophecy such as ‘ I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight ’ ( Amos 8:9 ) . |
| 6 | British audiences may derive enjoyment from laughing at the psychobabble , wincing at the plot contrivances and gaping at the crashingly obvious phallic symbolism , but the movie as a whole goes off at half-Hitchcock . |
| 7 | The researches into medical education going on at places like Southampton and Dundee confirm that smaller adjustments to medical courses can have useful effects on how students learn . |
| 8 | But the discussion on Polybius provoked by these pamphlets went on at intervals at least until 1783 . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Inspiral Carpets went in at grass roots level and worked their butts off in the clubs . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Inspiral Carpets went in at grass roots level and worked their butts off in the clubs . |
| 11 | The ferry 's flag flew at half mast as the probe went on at Cork 's Ringaskiddy port . |
| 12 | Most pronunciamientos went off at half-cock . |
| 13 | The bombs went off at lunch-time near a busy Boots chemist and a McDonalds hamburger restaurant packed with children and teenagers . |
| 14 | The pictures which led to such demand for the Daily Mirror that the Sold Out signs went up at newsagents all over the country . |
| 15 | ‘ Bill , what would you do if one of the gang went out at night and told someone all about us , and what we 'd done ? |
| 16 | The devices went off at Madame Tussauds , the London Planetarium , and the Imperial War Museum at Kennington . |
| 17 | In the hope that deteriorating wartime conditions in Vietnam would spark insurrection , a liberation army of sorts was being formed on the border ; but when the attack went off at half-cock ( leaders executed or arrested and followers dispersed ) another threat to the French position was removed and it must have become clear that the only credible threat to French power lay in France itself , at least until the forces of nationalism were able to attract some effective outside sponsorship or else embed themselves in the people to the point where they became an organized national resistance . |
| 18 | Life went on at home much as it had done for years . |
| 19 | Much experimentation went on at Hatfield and other colleges into courses of this kind , and the above example is only one out of very many which might have been cited . |
| 20 | Looking for a plausible mechanism is slightly easier , but the search has only just begun , and there are few clues to go on at present . |
| 21 | But there was a lot going on at school . |
| 22 | ‘ As parents , when your children go out at night you just worry yourself sick whether they 're going to come back , ’ says Glennis . |
| 23 | But how could he rest with so much activity going on at UNACO headquarters ? |
| 24 | Receivers go in at Formula One racing team . |
| 25 | Could women go out at night without courting rape ? |
| 26 | I think there is an element of contrariness about them but if they were really honest with themselves deep down , I do n't think they would be happy if their records went in at number 150 and they were still playing The Bull And Gate . |
| 27 | Similarly , Lasmo , offering a 6.2p final , rose 4 to 190p after 5m shares went through at 187p . |
| 28 | And we let the fire go out at night . |
| 29 | So the woman from the first House went out at night and burnt the rival House to the ground . |