Example sentences of "[noun] go [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course the trouble with boats on a rising tide is that when the tide goes out a lot of those boats are left high and dry . |
2 | Severe wind turbulence caused my canopy to go down a lot faster than normal . |
3 | ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree . |
4 | David must be the best company manager in the business , and our friendship goes back a decade or more . |
5 | This sort of feeble whining goes down a treat with women like Alison . |
6 | Watkins particularly noted notches where the ley went over a hilltop . |
7 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
8 | Today it was closed but the delightfully cold ice-cream from the small shop at the entrance went down a treat . |
9 | Every time the car went round a corner you had to turn the whole radio round to face a different way That was the only way you could get half-decent reception . |
10 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
11 | When a four-wheel vehicle goes round a corner , the sum of the rotations of the rear wheels is different from the sum of the rotations of the front wheels . |
12 | We 'd been providing cover for the convoy , when a vehicle went over a land mine . |
13 | Lessons on what it 's like to be a European went down a treat with the pupils of a rural Ulster primary school last week . |
14 | ‘ Ringwood 's history with dogs goes back a bit further . |
15 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
16 | But , as we have evidence going back a number of years the reactor is in such poor condition that there is no way they could safely operate the current requirement of the modern government standard . |
17 | Clouds of dust swirling around and slowly being sucked into the middle — like bath water going down a plug-hole . |
18 | So you 've got the children tomorrow lunchtime , you 've got the band tomorrow evening , but the library exhibition goes on a bit longer ? |
19 | They are used principally in forecasting , where the aim is not so much understanding the nature of the effects but predicting the net change that will occur in Y if X goes up a unit . |
20 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
21 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
22 | ‘ Elise goes out a lot on Sundays , ’ remarked Penry . |
23 | ‘ Their minds are like trains going along a track which here and there has a broken connection , ’ said the nurse . |
24 | S A U profits go up a bit because you get a credit from er |
25 | Socialist support went down a fraction , with losses in the north compensated by gains in the south . |
26 | MANAGER Micky Stewart went out a winner yesterday as England beat Pakistan . |
27 | ‘ I can remember phone numbers , decks of cards , all the Olympic medal-winners going back a century but I could n't remember the right day on which to turn up — at least I was n't a week late . ’ |
28 | Six of William 's friends going down a slide |
29 | FLISH ‘ N ’ CRIPS GO DOWN A TREAT IN HONG KONG |
30 | There 's a path goes down a slope . |