Example sentences of "[vb past] to go [prep] war " in BNC.

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1 But he never seemed to go to war , as other men 's fathers did .
2 Mr Sher Azam , convener of the meeting and president of the Bradford Council of Mosques , said the government had shown a ‘ total disregard ’ for British Muslims when it decided to go to war .
3 Scottish Hydro decided to go to war , but with environmental considerations in mind opted for a psychological approach rather than the shotgun option .
4 His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ?
5 ‘ If I wanted to go to war with somebody , ’ Bradshaw said , ‘ they would n't exist any more .
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