Example sentences of "[pers pn] go [adv prt] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the most part I go out to have a good time , and hopefully communicate that to the audience |
| 2 | How do I go about obtaining a licence to do this ? |
| 3 | What qualifications would I need and how should I go about finding a job ? |
| 4 | I went over to have a look , but found the jungle impenetrable . |
| 5 | Noticing a tiny oratory-style church standing alone in a muddy field , I went over to have a look , leaving Gerry in the car . |
| 6 | Flushed with success , I went on to change a wash basin , a sink , and fitted a washing machine ! , |
| 7 | It was early morning and I went down to answer a bang on the front door of Dad 's house . |
| 8 | WHEN the Royal yacht Britannia berthed at Leith I went down to take a photograph but the police said no one was allowed in . |
| 9 | This much I could see from the outside when I went down to have a look at it . |
| 10 | I went down to have a word with the promotion yesterday and er we have er come to terms and er we are all ready to go for next year . |
| 11 | As soon as the off-licence opened I bought a dozen cans of Norseman lager , hefting the packs under my arm as I went off to find a quiet corner of the station where I could guzzle them in peace . |
| 12 | She goes on to make a new life in Hampshire with Harry still remaining ignorant of her great change and her children , of which she is extremely fond , remaining unaffected . |
| 13 | So , how do you go about choosing a bureau ? |
| 14 | How do you go about painting a canvas ? |
| 15 | How do you go about making a will ? |
| 16 | How did you go about finding a job ? |
| 17 | The sort of people who cried with relief when you went in to buy a piece of Elastoplast . |
| 18 | Could you give me an example of how you went about making a a bread scone or a roll or what had to be done ? |
| 19 | Yeah , well they say every step you go up adds a second to your life |
| 20 | And you go back to light a sandbag , and there they all are , and they 're all a bit hot , it 's about , it 's like Hades , and there 's fork-lift trucks flying everywhere and you 've got pretty girls who in , in , in the team when you get down there and they start showing off , that 's alright , do n't mind that , and , and you 've got all these fork- lift trucks flying everywhere , and you 've got men carrying rolls of carpet and you 've got , you know , all this |
| 21 | A driftwood carving , illuminated in a small alcove , caught her attention , and she went over to take a closer look . |
| 22 | She went over to fetch a cup of coffee . |
| 23 | She went on to issue a challenge to parents : ‘ The Government is allowing Essex to spend as little as £62 per child for a whole year . |
| 24 | She went on to take a social science course and to train for general nursing . |
| 25 | As far as I know , she went on to live a long life , enjoyed the notoriety , and used it to advantage in the family business , exploiting rumours of her Evil Eye to scare off creditors , and to get the best out of every bargain . ’ |
| 26 | The young Mary Pickford went into the industry as the Progressive phase approached its zenith , and for Griffith she played criminals and prostitutes ; she went on to portray a whole variety of poor hard-done-by girls , many of them immigrants , many of them immoral or pregnant , before in 1916 she played a factory worker in the most memorably titled of all the films of this era The Eternal Grind . |
| 27 | She went on to win a host of medals and trophies . |
| 28 | She went on to play a character in a padded bra called Bombshell in the 1979 series Delta House , a spin-off from the Animal House film . |
| 29 | But it was her identity , she said , it was all she had , and she went on putting a caste mark which she had no right to on her forehead and wearing all her gold bracelets and cooking sag ghosht and dal instead of the defrosted hamburgers and chips which was what most people ate around there . |
| 30 | She went on to catalogue a long history of disasters : from her mother dying when she was six years old , through to the latest traumas of seeing her cat killed by a car and being made redundant . |