Example sentences of "[noun pl] go [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who buys new skis to go out to slopes where rocks shred the soles within a couple of days ? |
| 2 | Children and church helpers spent Saturday afternoon making certain there were enough traditional Mothering Sunday posies to go round for mothers of all ages . |
| 3 | He had the order books going back for years and years and he was able to show me . |
| 4 | Neighbours who were not so well thought of stood and watched at gun-point , while their homes went up in flames . |
| 5 | The festivities went on for days . |
| 6 | The words went around in circles like a hoop being bowled down a corridor — a long corridor of white-washed walls — and with a door at the end of it . |
| 7 | She trotted beside Miss Honey with wild little hops and her fingers flew as if she would scatter them to the four winds and her words went off like fireworks , with terrific speed . |
| 8 | You are lost in a strange country , among a lot of incomprehensible wogs going on about Twenty-fourthers and God knows what , and you are probably scared stiff ! ’ |
| 9 | Yeah , and what did you get you see , you get mutations going on in plants so that you get at the moment when the plants themselves are altered , it does n't necessary , necessary mean that they 're killed off , it does n't necessary mean that they are killed off , it means that the actual genes alter , that they go on breathing so you get ginormous sort of cabbages , you know , cabbages that 'll normally be about that size , suddenly become that size |
| 10 | you can get th I 've seen people spend sort of quite a few minutes going round in circles and give up on that when they 're nearly at the answer . |
| 11 | he 's in there every morning before eight o'clock and he do n't leave there much before half past six , sometimes seven o'clock , and then the workers goes in on Saturdays and if he knows there 's nothing to do just walk around a crowded place and |
| 12 | One suggestion which spoke volumes , was for the erection of close-mesh wire fencing along the boundary hedges to stop balls going out of bounds , and another that a selection of books be provided in the clubhouse so that ‘ on the wet days there would be some occupation ’ . |
| 13 | And as if the elements were ganging up on defenceless human beings , half the neighbourhood around the bridge was woken up at 3 o'clock on the morning of Sunday , 10 March by shouts of ‘ Fire ! ’ as a stable next to Sheppards ' workshops went up in flames . |
| 14 | Few days go by without booksellers and auctioneers being offered , for instance , some imposing nineteenth century edition with brass clasps and bright chromolithographs ; or a ‘ very rare ’ Breeches Bible , the latter almost inevitably rather battered and with a number of pages torn or missing . |
| 15 | Last night two factories went up in flames , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Attack dogs go round in pairs . ’ |
| 17 | Fishermen went out in curraghs , long Irish coracles , and turf boats named hookers flew in and out of the harbour on wind-filled sails . |
| 18 | Mufflers went back across faces and they took turns to shake my hand . |
| 19 | But the discussion on Polybius provoked by these pamphlets went on at intervals at least until 1783 . |
| 20 | Richard Baxter saw this as an illustration of the vanity of this life as both rich and poor alike had to stand by helplessly as their houses and all their worldly goods went up in flames before their eyes . |
| 21 | The build up for the old firm game with Rangers went on for weeks . |
| 22 | Two pairs went in through windows , taking the glass and the frames as they went , came to their feet without a pause , and headed straight upstairs to the bedrooms . |
| 23 | Still more of the widows went out as chars or washerwomen , and a few minded children . |
| 24 | The pictures which led to such demand for the Daily Mirror that the Sold Out signs went up at newsagents all over the country . |
| 25 | Nowadays this cooperation between genes goes on within cells . |
| 26 | It was natural for the Girls to go out with men but Tiller was possessive and seemed to expect them to remain single until they were about thirty years of age , then quietly fade away . |
| 27 | I am always fascinated to hear Liberals going on about resources being made available for defence , when they are committed to cutting them by 50 per cent . |
| 28 | The Bible does n't have a great deal to say about boys and girls going out with girls and boys . |
| 29 | After a long day filming , our three Busmen went off with notes on everything from the capital of Grand Cayman to the flag of Ougodogoland . |
| 30 | Frosted fingernails go up like rifles . |