Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] go on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | BIG spending pubs and hotels group Greenalls went on the acquisition trail yesterday , adding two more hotels to its portfolio . |
| 2 | About half the total expenditure of the hospital and community services goes on the care of people over 65 . |
| 3 | But this commendable example of ‘ do-it-yourself ’ had hardly begun to prove its worth when the cooling water pumps went on the blink — or , as the incident report coyly put it , ‘ Main supply pump jammed . |
| 4 | Forty people are to appear in court in Blackpool today after Birmingham City supporters went on the rampage before and after their team 's Third Division match with Blackpool , wrecking a pub , smashing dozens of windows and bombarding police with bottles and glasses . |
| 5 | One tenth of Berlin 's city funds go on the universities , which still attract tens of thousands of students from the ‘ mainland ’ of West Germany . |
| 6 | During those decades bands of pauper migrants went on the tramp in search of food and a living . |
| 7 | What is not consumed on bathing , watering lawns or irrigating golf courses goes on the sugar-cane plantations and tomato farms carved from the swamp . |
| 8 | Their business had gone bust and all the money left went on the mortgage . |