Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] go [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And on and on went the machines , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , backwards and forwards , never slowing , never slacking , never tiring , backwards and forwards , back — |
| 2 | He took his violin and played some Christmas church music and down went the bull on his knees ! |
| 3 | ‘ S. and S. Joinery , Stoke-on-Trent , ’ she snapped and down went the receiver . |
| 4 | Convincing enough to persuade the Germans that London had kept to the bureaucratic niceties , the stamp of approval was secured and away went the train . |
| 5 | A tap is turned , a pressure of 120 pounds per square inch applied to the piston , and up goes the end of the coach as easily as though it were a doll 's house . |
| 6 | I rested my head on the glass , and up went a pigeon . |
| 7 | ( b ) For emphasis : Down came the rain and up went the umbrellas . |
| 8 | At the end of every round off came the gold knob and up went the stick . |
| 9 | Sure enough , the twenty-minute time pencils activated the detonators and up went the aircraft . |
| 10 | Sensible and necessary price increases none the less attracted a predictably irresponsible press reaction , with Conservative newspapers bearing anti-nationalisation headlines such as ‘ You own the electricity industry — AND UP GO THE PRICES ’ . |
| 11 | In the shady corner , I wanted to create more of a woodsy atmosphere and probably went a bit over the top with primulas — not just wild primroses and oxlips but some of their prettier hybrids , like the dark-leaved , mauve-pink flowered ‘ Garryarde Guinevere ’ and the enchanting little double lilac primroses ‘ Quakers ' Bonnets ’ . |
| 12 | In and out goes the needle , the body , head and foot follow the direction of the hand as it pulls the thread through the canvas . |
| 13 | She sighs , pauses , then in and out goes the needle again and again . |
| 14 | Reviews were mixed but largely went the way of those who saw it as a one-and-a-half-hour commercial for LSD . |
| 15 | Well I 'm just make sure you behave your alright but just go a bit steady out the front there . |
| 16 | That there are different ways of looking at such constitutional niceties is amusingly illustrated by a story S.E. Finer reports as once going the rounds of Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe : |