Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] go [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be able to run full-tilt down any of its tracks , anticipating every hazard on the surface that might trip it up and leaning into familiar bends like an experienced racing driver going round a well-practised circuit . |
| 2 | Slowly , creakily , he talked , like a cart pulled by a wise old horse going along a rough road . |
| 3 | The old woman went along a short passage , passed a scullery and continued on a few yards . |
| 4 | Links with Group marine coatings go back a long way . |
| 5 | Socialist support went down a fraction , with losses in the north compensated by gains in the south . |
| 6 | This sort of feeble whining goes down a treat with women like Alison . |
| 7 | The assumptions behind this unfortunate word go back a long way . |
| 8 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
| 9 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
| 10 | When a four-wheel vehicle goes round a corner , the sum of the rotations of the rear wheels is different from the sum of the rotations of the front wheels . |
| 11 | So if you put a big heavy engine going down a cast iron railway which wo n't |
| 12 | The roots of the UK 's industrial decline go back a long way , certainly more than a century . |
| 13 | Our most controversial cover last year showed a photograph of a red car going around a Swiss hairpin , with the headline ‘ Ford 's new Escort meets its rivals ’ , and then , underlined in red , ‘ … and loses ’ . |
| 14 | ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree . |
| 15 | ‘ I can remember phone numbers , decks of cards , all the Olympic medal-winners going back a century but I could n't remember the right day on which to turn up — at least I was n't a week late . ’ |
| 16 | The final stage goes up a smooth incline that appears to have been man-made , possibly to ease the passage of materials for the erections on the top . |
| 17 | The main route goes along a narrow elevated ridge from Gray Crag to Thornthwaite Crag where you 'll find the tallest cairn in the Lake District at around 20ft high . |
| 18 | After all , his links to Christian democracy went back a long way . |
| 19 | However , social historians say couples having non-penetrative sex goes back a long way . |
| 20 | Not surprisingly , the predominant trend trait is a taste for extrovert , over-the-top dressing , with glittery glam clothes going down a storm for evening , and hyper-smart executive-look suits being snapped up for daytime wear . |