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

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1 Teenagers began to go there and drive their buggies round the docklands , round and round and round .
2 In paintings , particularly well represented this year , the FFr1 million mark remained a barrier beyond which clients chose to go home and think .
3 The sweat that had begun in anticipation of what she might encounter in the street now ran in fear of her mother 's rage ; Nunzia 's eyes had gone hard and wrinkled like black olive pips when Rosa had produced the plover , and she had clucked impatiently with her tongue when Rosa lied and said her grandfather had shot it and presented it to her .
4 The night was drawing in and the kids had gone home and the tunnel under the embankment was deep in shadow .
5 ‘ Well he lives in that little cottage at the bottom of the steep pitch just past the green , ’ Joe continued with a grin , ‘ as he staggers down the hill his legs have to go faster and faster to stop him falling on his face . ’
6 We 'll go back inside anyway when these gentlemen have gone past and .
7 A lot of people in the business are watching it and the ratings have gone up although it is opposite Coronation Street .
8 The snakes have gone now and Laverne stands up again with difficulty .
9 Well I 'm glad you should say that because the bonuses have gone down and that was a
10 When the youngsters want to go outside and play they have to leave via the backdoor which opens on to a busy road .
11 The foal was lying down again and looking sleepy , and Firelight was dozing over it perfectly contented , and Nails decided to go down and tell Nutty what had happened .
12 Businesses are not making much in the way of profits , yet their business rate bills continue to go up and up , ’ he added .
13 With heartfelt thanks he ran to the stable and , before his parents had gone more than a few yards , he had galloped past them towards his home .
14 Since being in Carstairs she had seen the baby twice and the visits had gone well and social workers hoped to continue this .
15 By the time it was finished , the workings had gone lower than the levels it was meant to drain .
16 The cotton magnates had gone elsewhere and their villas had been taken over as government offices and army posts .
17 By now , almost eight years had elapsed since the birth of the Directive , and three years had gone by since the nitrate limits were supposed to have been complied with .
18 Even though more than three hundred years have gone by since the last Roundhead besieged the last Royalist ( and vice versa ) , evidence of their actions can sometimes still be seen on the ground .
19 The elements are brought to them , whereas the Episcopalian and the Catholic worshippers have to go forward for theirs .
20 Unless we can persuade them in two years costs have gone up and of course we will .
21 We were very fortunate but I do remember the guns used to go off and I , when my so my son was born the , the guns were going off all the time from the castle .
22 W what happened when things began to go down as regards the ships then ?
23 Not for Fergie creeping to her seat with her escort after the lights had gone down and slipping out again just before the final curtain .
24 other things had gone up so they had to put the fares up , but I mean that 's , you can nae tell me that that 's right
25 They have lost jobs or their businesses have gone under and schools are very conscious of this . ’
26 A little later on , when all the relatives have gone home and the number of attentive friends at the time of the funeral has dwindled , it might be the time when the bereaved begin to reflect on their changed circumstances and try to evaluate how they feel both about themselves and the person who has died .
27 When he went through the back door he discovered the printers had gone home and thought at first no one was there .
28 The sort of abasement novices have to go through before they are admitted to an order .
29 Many of the Legation servants wanted to go off and fight , but it was essential that they should stay and help .
30 The local financial system has been drained of liquidity , interest rates have gone up and the stockmarket has been falling .
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