Example sentences of "[conj] go [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes .
2 She paused a moment , uncertain whether to follow the other two or go back the way they had come .
3 The European community on the other hand also saw a growth of output of over twenty percent , twenty three point seven percent but that gave rise not to eighteen million but to only six million additional jobs and I just say to the honourable gentleman the lesson for Europe is to go further down the route that I have suggested of further deregulation and less bureaucracy and a stable economic framework , than to go down the route that he is advocating in his short address and question to me .
4 I would see through a more coactive involvement in Europe , and establishing not just the physical link of the chunnel but expanding it right up to the northwest , a line that goes right the way through , that there is a material benefit to this area , from that connection .
5 MPS HAVE called on the government to force electricity boards to use the heat that goes up the chimneys of Britain 's power stations .
6 ‘ The one that goes up the back of Monument Hill . ’
7 the one that goes nearest the majority of points .
8 This conventional harness has a fairly high hook position with straps that go over the shoulder .
9 He made his press speech this morning saying that she could n't even cos he thought that go down the hospital .
10 He was a nice young man bemused by the ‘ city folks that go down the canal then back up again .
11 And then when the war came he er he was one of the first Bevan boys that , one of the boys that went down the mines to relieve the miners .
12 The cost of the ‘ soap that went down the plughole ’ as the Daily Star described it , was variously estimated at between £10 million and £20 million .
13 And goes down the way .
14 ‘ I remember a number that I think might interest you , ’ he said encouragingly , starting at the beginning of the book and going down the columns to look for it .
15 Throwing it open , he lifted out a sinewy and almost reptilian form , holding it aloft and going down the line of young men , offering it briefly to each in turn .
16 come home and I thought well I 'll drop that , I 'll stay and go up the ladder and I was gon na do painting you got him Hey up ! !
17 I knew exactly where to stop it so that I could get off and go down the ladder , sneak a cup of tea or something .
18 Start at the bottom and go up the top .
19 He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it !
20 And when you could n't reach no higher , you 'd get hold of the truss and chuck it on your head , and go up the ladder like the deuce with it .
21 They will then start all over again and go round the cockpit a second or even a third time .
22 If the film was , say , Old Mother Riley Goes to Paris , you 'd have three of your doormen dressed up as Old Mother Riley , which was a very cheap costume to hire , and you 'd build an Eiffel Tower , put it on a barrow and go round the town during the busy shopping time .
23 ‘ Juries are sympathetic towards people who have been provoked and who are defending their property and go over the top , ’ he says .
24 A group of youngsters can often come down to the river and go over the top
25 If you are shopping , stop outside the shop and go over the rules and consequences .
26 Turn right and follow the road for a third of a mile to the roundabout , continue for 200yds and go over the stile on the right .
27 Go back to the lift and go up , carry the weight to the button and drop it on the button to start the swing , stand on the swing and fly up-right , collect the weight above you and throw it onto the button next to the swing , go back to where you grabbed the weight , go left , collect the weight , go right to the wall and fall down , throw the weight on the button , go up , left , up the pipe , collect the flower and go down the pipe .
28 No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that .
29 While fibre-rich foods are chewed slowly , calorific drinks require no chewing at all and go down the throat in a split second .
30 He loved to come here take a slog and go down the meadows .
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