Example sentences of "[noun sg] go [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course the trouble with boats on a rising tide is that when the tide goes out a lot of those boats are left high and dry . |
| 2 | Severe wind turbulence caused my canopy to go down a lot faster than normal . |
| 3 | ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree . |
| 4 | David must be the best company manager in the business , and our friendship goes back a decade or more . |
| 5 | This sort of feeble whining goes down a treat with women like Alison . |
| 6 | Watkins particularly noted notches where the ley went over a hilltop . |
| 7 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 8 | Today it was closed but the delightfully cold ice-cream from the small shop at the entrance went down a treat . |
| 9 | Every time the car went round a corner you had to turn the whole radio round to face a different way That was the only way you could get half-decent reception . |
| 10 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 11 | When a four-wheel vehicle goes round a corner , the sum of the rotations of the rear wheels is different from the sum of the rotations of the front wheels . |
| 12 | They also liked it — as did the other villages — for the spiteful inter-village competitiveness that lay under the seemingly innocent accounts of the Snead Women 's Institute going on an Easter outing to Weston-super-Mare , while the Quindale branch could only muster a local dried-flower expert whose crisp and solid arrangements , adorned with bows of florist 's ribbon , they could all have recognized in their sleep . |
| 13 | We 'd been providing cover for the convoy , when a vehicle went over a land mine . |
| 14 | Lessons on what it 's like to be a European went down a treat with the pupils of a rural Ulster primary school last week . |
| 15 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 16 | But , as we have evidence going back a number of years the reactor is in such poor condition that there is no way they could safely operate the current requirement of the modern government standard . |
| 17 | Clouds of dust swirling around and slowly being sucked into the middle — like bath water going down a plug-hole . |
| 18 | So you 've got the children tomorrow lunchtime , you 've got the band tomorrow evening , but the library exhibition goes on a bit longer ? |
| 19 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
| 20 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
| 21 | Socialist support went down a fraction , with losses in the north compensated by gains in the south . |
| 22 | There 's a path goes down a slope . |
| 23 | The two Constables … in a further neglect of duty went down a back entry , where they were caught smoking together , and later one of the Constables and the Acting Sergeant falsely concocted a story to disguise these infractions … |
| 24 | And did your wage go up a lot when you 'd finished your apprenticeship ? |
| 25 | DUTY AND DEFINITION Debates about the accountant 's duty of care go back a century . |
| 26 | Despite subtitles which obviously struggle to get the profane poetry of Tarantino 's script , the film goes down a storm with the festival audience , though the torture does send some people scurrying for the door , among them one Wes Craven , director of the first Elm Street movie and much else . |
| 27 | He said nothing more , and his silence played across her taut nerves like a fingernail going down a blackboard . |
| 28 | It was normal for a boy to start at 45 at age 14 , and for the next four years his pay went up a shilling a year . |
| 29 | But then , it 's a big difference between skiing abroad and you know , like staying somewhere like Cyprus skiing in Scotland , it 's true , but I mean , it 's like the first , I mean , my dad 's typical , sort of , get to the top of the hill and give you a good shove , you know , give you one time to go down a bit slowly and then after that you just get to the top ski downhill phhhh . |