Example sentences of "[noun sg] go [adv] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stare at the muddied , warped little card sealed in a deal-sized plastic bag , recognising my own writing and feeling my mouth go even drier than it already is and I can only gibber something about , Well , it looks like my writing but , I mean , and anyway , somebody , anybody could have taken that , I mean … but they just look quietly pleased and the questions go on . |
| 2 | Out with the toolkit , some minor surgery and the cable now connects perfectly although it 's still too short to allow the tablet to go anywhere other than on the right or directly behind the Spectrum . |
| 3 | Her body went as taut as a bowstring , and when she opened her eyes and looked into his face she saw there awestricken astonishment . |
| 4 | Ember seized and aimed it at the control panel beside the door and the room went as dark as it could with the little amber safety-lights glimmering in case of accident . |
| 5 | When Zen reached the gate the security guard was back in his place , but he was so intent on the spluttering exclamations of his walkie-talkie , cradling it to his face and murmuring to it like a mother trying to calm a baby , that Zen 's departure went as unremarked as his arrival . |
| 6 | The audience went immediately silent as the little tiny diva stood centre-stage and ‘ belted out , in a voice much older than her years : |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , Hank , how exciting ! ’ exclaimed Isobel , her face going even pinker than the wind had made it . |
| 8 | Tess 's face went as white as the snow on the ground . |
| 9 | Kate 's face went as white as the towel around her head . |
| 10 | She broke off inexplicably and her face went as pink as a fuchsia . |