Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] go [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You mean — you want me to go somewhere else . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We expect them to go home now and say , ‘ Mamma gim me lamb ’ . ’ |
| 3 | It was far enough away to be no real danger , but it certainly stopped me going any further and was probably a timely warning ! |
| 4 | She asked tentatively now , ‘ Has she gone very far ? ’ |
| 5 | I my power at that , that place and nowhere else and nobody agreed and , well , they say we go somewhere else , and . |
| 6 | I seen him go past about nine an' I hardly knew him ! |
| 7 | Why , oh , why had he let her go so easily and why , oh , why was he doing this to her now ? |
| 8 | He let her go so suddenly that she almost fell . |
| 9 | If Iskandara said anything of the matter to James , he let it go no further . |
| 10 | She had let it go too far . |
| 11 | ‘ I cross that bridge quite often and I am surprised the county council has let it go so far . |
| 12 | The colonists had enough newspapers to take any visiting Englishman aback , and were developing industries fast enough to disturb the balance of the integrated commercial system : in 1699 Americans were forbidden to spin woollens for export , even to another colony ; in 1732 a similar limitation was placed on the manufacture of hats and caps ; and in 1750 the Iron Act allowed them to smelt iron ore into pig iron but forbade them to go any further in processing it , though in the event the American colonies were producing more iron and steel than Britain by 1775 . |
| 13 | He told me to go ahead quickly . ’ |
| 14 | I just keep thinking that there must be a logical reason why Fernando let me go so easily — ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Last night you were threatening to ruin him if he hurt Maria Luisa again ; now you 're condoning their going away together . ’ |
| 16 | He kissed her with suppressed violence , then let her go so abruptly that she almost lost balance . |
| 17 | But there was never anyone else there when they let her go that far . |
| 18 | And Bella sank back on her pillows , exhausted by pain , by her long story and by the growing suspicion , nagging away obsessively in her head , that , once they had her in here , they would see that her condition was worsening and they would never , ever let her go home again . |
| 19 | At Glasgow Cross , near the famous steeple , I gave him a knowing wink , shook his hand , and advised him to go straight home ( as if he would do otherwise ) . |
| 20 | On his return to London in June , however , he caught a cold which aggravated his emphysema and his doctor advised him to go once more to Brighton in order to recuperate . |
| 21 | Girl asked her if she 'd change shifts with her next Wednesday and she told her to go away politely . |
| 22 | Josie 's behaviour toward her did n't change after that , but again she told her to go home early with the house key and her taxi fare . |
| 23 | Oh well I hope , I hope it goes right tomorrow . |
| 24 | " Pity you let it go so long , " she said . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've never seen anyone go downhill so quickly , ’ she said . |
| 26 | And although I enjoyed cuddling Steve , I could n't bring myself to go any further — the thought of being touched by a man filled me with horror . |
| 27 | Posters and prints fared slightly better with a Twentieth Century Fox film poster of The Blue Max movie reaching £50 , although an original of the famous Winston Churchill Let Us Go Forward Together poster only fetched £45 , instead of the £100–200 estimated . |
| 28 | Refusing to let herself think beyond the tasks she was performing , Leonora listened to the radio as she worked , and when the meal was well advanced she went quietly upstairs to find the bathroom empty , and Penry , fully dressed in fresh clothes , fast asleep on his bed . |
| 29 | But even so , you would n't have thought it went as fast as that in a creature that moves so slowly , would you , Miss Honey ? ’ |
| 30 | I welcome the Bill , but I do not believe it goes far enough . |