Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] go [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some of that money goes on convincing the local community . |
| 2 | This reinforces the view that what upset the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords in Bromley v. GLC was , above all , the way in which the Labour majority went about implementing their election promises rather than their statutory powers to do so . |
| 3 | Not only did Brown Owl go on living at Longreen and being their Brown Owl ; the Pack won an unexpected new friend in Sir George Phillips , who , when he heard how they had saved the plane 's pilot from disaster in the bog , suddenly turned out to be not ‘ crabby ’ at all , as Mr. Gordon had always made him out to be , but told them that they could use the Longreen Park meadow for just as long as they liked as a reward for their bravery . |
| 4 | This writer goes on to list five ‘ functions ’ of clay minerals in assisting the origin of organic life , for instance ‘ Concentration of chemical reactants by adsorption ’ . |
| 5 | That 's what size is this piece go on say it . |
| 6 | How could the English boy go on living now that he 'd been found out ? |
| 7 | This reflection went far to set up Harry again in his own esteem , for it meant that Isambard had been sure of his victim 's obstinate silence even under torture ; more sure of it , if the truth were told , than Harry himself had been at the worst moment . |
| 8 | This question went on to ask respondents whether they had seen the booklet , or any part of it . |
| 9 | I do n't think it 's of great benefit to English rugby to go around persuading people to stay on if it 's against their wishes , and possibly against their better judgement . |
| 10 | Even more significantly this teacher goes on to express the view that this approach is not incompatible with the examination system , where in the context of the GCSE , the personal and professional experience the tutor has of each student 's progress and development is counterpoised with the more objective and detached assessment of the external moderator . |
| 11 | Many of the local and regular skaters from this era went on to become house-hold names in the UK and International skate scene ; people such as Steve Douglas , Bod Boyle , Danny Webster , Sean Goff , Mark Abrook , Barry Abrook , Shane Rouse , Phil Burgoyne , Davross , Gary Lee , Don Brider , Rodga Harvey and many many others . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , I would have thought Souness is the wrong person to go round criticising physical play — he was hardly a wallflower as a player . |
| 13 | It is a matter of social conscience to go on explaining and proposing , and at the same time help in organising and educating the victims . |
| 14 | The winners of this game go on to meet Armagh II on October 12 . |
| 15 | This pupil went on to criticize him for his lack of ‘ fairness ’ . |
| 16 | If you decide to dispense with a thorough dig through the whole plot and merely take out planting holes , at least try to follow the above principle : dig two spits deep , and reverse them with the more fertile top spit going down to root level . |
| 17 | Whittingham and another pilot going up to intercept . |
| 18 | This man went on to describe how the entire lot had been dumped . |
| 19 | Sa this wo this kid went out having this bloody bath said can we not do this every day ? |
| 20 | Now I think erm Ron was a bit upset because he spent most of of Christmas sending Christmas cards and saying , Please please let this bill go through do n't give it any . |
| 21 | This understanding went on to form the basis for his ensuing therapy , involving both visualization and counselling , which proved highly successful and relieved poor Barry of the symptoms from which he had been suffering . |
| 22 | This report goes on to say that the attacks each took place at about midnight and were twenty days apart . |
| 23 | Mrs Reynolds was in the doorway , almost ready herself to go to the wedding — she never missed a wedding or a funeral — but seeing the procession that approached withdrew back into the shadows of the room to observe better the old cockerel go by followed by his dismayed pullets . |
| 24 | Of course , it is quite another matter to go on to argue from this very limited piece of evidence that loss of the fricative in /xt/ was embedded in the English language as a whole as a completed sound-change at this early date . |
| 25 | But it is quite another thing to go on to suggest that such a minority therefore possesses no political rights , or should be deprived of those which it holds equally with all other citizens . |
| 26 | So how does a company in this position go about obtaining a property audit ? |
| 27 | Why are they allowing the ratepayers and taxpayers of this country to go on throwing money down the drain ? |
| 28 | Twenty minutes later , Cliff Livingstone , the Musselburgh stand-off , struck a post with a penalty effort , the ball this time going straight to prop Gordon Rigby , who cleared . |
| 29 | This section went on to ask whether the respondent had had direct experience of a whole school review in accordance with the Oxfordshire scheme . |
| 30 | Mrs Stych did not want to offend the queen of the social columns by arguing with her , so when that lady went on to inquire when the newspaper could send a photographer , Mrs Stych said in her most gracious tone of voice that the whole family would be at home that evening any time after six . |