Example sentences of "[verb] go [adv prt] in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Do we really want to go down in history as the generation which sold for a mess of pottage the finest British companies , which have successfully built brand names and franchises of high repute over a century or more … ?
2 I do n't want to go down in history as a great songwriter because I died penniless .
3 But they still tend to go round in packs every so slightly .
4 Is this how you want to go down in history ?
5 The deal is expected to go through in March after structural checks are complete .
6 They may need to go out in pairs which is why I think that we do need to put more money into the budget to provide this service and make sure that we 're doing it in the best possible way , erm so I mean I think that it 's very important that we 're consistent about this .
7 who wants to go back in town at half past eleven at night ?
8 She tried going around in dungarees to disguise things , but Mom did n't think they were ladylike .
9 Is it not the case that although the wage increases of British workers have come down the benefits of that have been dissipated , and that due to the recession induced by the Government productivity has gone down although it has gone up in Germany and as a result unit labour costs in the year to the second quarter of 1991 went up by 3 per cent .
10 The single person 's allowance has gone up in line with inflation to ( 3,445 ) three thousand four hundred and forty five pounds .
11 A POLO sponsorship deal won by Major Ron Ferguson has gone up in smoke — only weeks after Fergie 's topless snaps were revealed .
12 Your otherwise excellent cover version album was sadly marred by a long speech detailing how annoying it is that the price of eggs has gone up in Narodny-Karabakh .
13 If one looks across the channel , as some of us have , and sees the way in which the matter is approached there , it is humiliating to consider what has gone on in Britain over the past few years .
14 You need an awful lot of persuading to get doctors to start to use a new medicine and a classic example was of the treatment of depression , where the pharmaceutical manufacturers started to produce tablets which were very effective in stopping depression , not just feeling a bit blue but actual serious clinical depression where the person 's sat in the corner and stared at the wall and did nothing — I mean really serious depression — doctors took a long time to realize that there was an effective treatment for that and to start to prescribe it , and in fact actually doctors in Britain are rather good in that we prescribe many more effective treatments for depression , we diagnose it more often , and this we believe in our office that this is one of the reasons why the suicide rate has gone down in Britain quite dramatically in the last few years , because depression , which is obviously one of the main causes of suicide , is being effectively treated .
15 But Bob Champion 's immediate duties after his victory included the obligatory press conference , and his words there sum up why the 1981 Grand National has gone down in history not only as one of the most emotional races ever run , but as perhaps the most inspirational :
16 Neville Chamberlain has gone down in history , either as the politician who was duped by Hitler , or as a shrewd statesman who was playing for time , so Britain could re-arm .
17 She has gone down in history with this quote when she spotted a likely-looking toy boy at a celebrity bash .
18 I seemed to go round in circles , and I am sure that that has happened to many hon. Members .
19 stop going round in circles
20 You ront go back in boat now ?
21 And er with Michael I 'd gone out in Richard 's and bought mys , ever such a full raincoat when it was in fashion .
22 I hate going around in groups .
23 We have been arguing the point with the inspector at claims branch for many many months and we just seem to go round in circles .
24 To say , you know they er when Barbara must , has got to go back in hospital .
25 I can remember going about in waders , with tractors trying to get houses dry .
26 He 's learning to row a coracle but he keeps going round in circles , it must be tiresome for him when he 's used to going in straight lines .
27 ‘ In particular we stress that students should try to go around in groups or with friends . ’
28 A light seems to go on in Lucker 's head .
29 So Harris decided to go out in style .
30 Desmond Fairchild flatly refused to go on in St Ives 's place , with or without the book .
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