Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] go [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is worth making that historically it was out of a background of theological wrangling by Brahmin priests over the nature of " Brahman " that the young prince , Gautama , rebelled exasperated and went on to seek — and to find — enlightenment elsewhere thus becoming the Buddha . |
| 2 | So Honey 's owner decided to get a helper to hold a bucket of oats and alfalfa chaff for Honey to eat while she herself mounted her , and this was done in such a relaxed and calm fashion that Honey also remained calm and went on eating . |
| 3 | We sketch briefly the legal definition of casual working and go on to consider the special features of certain business operations within the hotels and catering industry which explain why casual workers are to be found there . |
| 4 | It 's ‘ Thou hast already and , this being the case , thou mightest as well go on doing it , since if thou doth n't , it might be bad for thine psyche , and anyway if we told thee not to , thou wouldst accuse us of being prejudiced and go on doing it all the same . ’ |
| 5 | Sal wrote back to let him know how thankful she was he was still alive and went on to say that she had become engaged to a pilot from Canada . |
| 6 | ‘ That was before she moved back to Italy , she knew she was ill and went back to die . ’ |
| 7 | He promised to forward a specimen when it was dry but went on to say ‘ the flowers are so small as not to be discerned , by my eyes , without a glass ’ . |
| 8 | woke up once but she was good and went back to sleep well . |
| 9 | They continued their bloodthirsty chatter , as they identified the weak and the injured and went over to negotiate a purchase price . |
| 10 | The importance of affirmation With regard to football it perhaps does not matter very much — people who like playing it or watching it are not likely to be seriously affected by our negative comments ; they will just think that we are stupid and go on playing and watching as before . |
| 11 | For he lets the barber cut his hair too short and goes round looking like a convict for a fortnight . |
| 12 | DAVID COVERDALE Saltburn-born rock vocalist who shot to fame in Deep Purple and went on to front Whitesnake , notching up such hits as Fool For Your Lovin' and Here I Go Again . |
| 13 | It is a great mistake : Barbara has to give up her small tress-shop and the cosy flat above where Percy liked to come round in the evenings ; while Percy , lacking that place of resort , now leaves her alone and goes out to play billiards . |
| 14 | Graham J found that such information was not readily available and went on to say that the information had been obtained as a result of considerable labour and expense on the part of the plaintiffs and was therefore valuable and , it followed , confidential . |
| 15 | they come to us and all we 've done is uplifting and gone bloody subcontracting |
| 16 | Never even crossed my mind that Hurley would carry on like nothing had happened — that he 'd keep Eurame open and go on using the pipeline . |
| 17 | Not to sleep but simply to think , freely and unobserved , without the burden of her mother 's solicitude , the obligation not only to look cheerful but to go on repeating how well she felt so that Amabel — always unnerved by silence — should not weary her further by growing alarmed . |
| 18 | The Oban Times that Autumn of 1876 reported that the fruit crop had been disastrous but went on to detail the varieties of fruits . |
| 19 | You 've got a long and full life ahead of you , chum , so you must now stop worrying and go back to sleep and catch up on the strength you 'll need for living it up when you 're better . ’ |
| 20 | A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune . |
| 21 | He bought a gold Piaget with a diamond-set face , had it gift-wrapped and went out to find a cab and go to meet Irina . |