Example sentences of "[prep] go [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm getting worn out doing this , it 's hurting my eyes after going to the pictures and then doing all these bingo cards for granddad |
| 2 | ‘ Only you are capable of going through the papers . |
| 3 | But er it was quite interesting and er more or less you got a chance of going through the departments when you were before your time was out . |
| 4 | ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But if I 'm not enjoying it then I wo n't make the mistake of going through the motions like I did this year . |
| 6 | On this occasion congress exercised its constitutional right to declare war , but , in retrospect , this seems to have been no more than a case of going through the motions — the age of crisis was well underway and the constitutional balance of powers would never be the same again . |
| 7 | The World Cup triple jump bronze medallist has decided to run in the 100 metres at the Cleveland County Stadium on Saturday instead of going through the motions in what would have been a practice trial in his specialist event . |
| 8 | And I further think you 're working all on your ownsome on this and that 's why you 've come to good old Uncle Mo instead of going to the boys at Langley . |
| 9 | If you ever get the chance of going to the catacombs in Rome you will see on the walls a very popular image of the cross shaped as an anchor . |
| 10 | I 'll run in the Bath Half-marathon instead of going to the Vets Cross-Country Championships in Wales . ’ |
| 11 | The legal model has one further method by which it attempts to balance the desirability of going to the managers of the company substantial discretionary power so that they have sufficient flexibility to act effectively , whilst at the same time minimizing the danger that the existence of such discretion creates , which is that it will be used arbitrarily . |
| 12 | MRS Thatcher 's friends tell me that she has finally come around to the idea of going to the Lords after the election . |
| 13 | ‘ Winning the ABA this year will make up for losing the chance of a lifetime of going to the Olympics , ’ said Calzaghe , 20 . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ In the early days I always dreamed of going to the Olympics , doing well and then eventually turning professional . |
| 15 | The Communist Party Central Committee complained in February 1932 : The Minority Movement is a small self-absorbed organization of leaders who have nothing to do with the real struggle of the workers and who instead of going to the workers , working among them and fighting against the reformist leaders in the Trade Unions , simply approach the workers with the invitation to take part in a highly elaborate organisational structure . |
| 16 | He told me that one factor which had greatly influenced him was her suggestion that on election day Granada should shift Coronation Street so as not to keep in many of his supporters who would otherwise be thinking of going to the polls . |
| 17 | Voters in Norton , near Stockton , get an early taste of going to the polls tomorrow when they cast their votes for a new county council representative . |
| 18 | As for that business of going to the police , I am sorry I mentioned it . |
| 19 | Anna thought the whole idea of going to the police bizarre . |
| 20 | She was quite capable of going to the police and making accusations which , since she had n't a shred of evidence , could only lead to trouble . |
| 21 | Judge Starforth Hill told the jurors they 'd have to consider whether Mrs Jones gave the impression of a schemeing woman , could she play the part , the charde of going to the police , her neighbour and then lying on oath in court . |
| 22 | ‘ The fact is , she 's terrified of going under the machines . ’ |
| 23 | Only once or twice has he taunted me with what sounds like the interesting sport of going into the gents in the Cauldhame Arms ( or anywhere else , I suppose ) and attacking the drowned fag-ends in the urinals with a stream of piss . |
| 24 | The idea of going into the deserts of the north to found a new religious colony had no attraction for him , and he was beginning to think that , for all the patina of civilisation which he had reassumed , Surere 's years of imprisonment had cost him his reason . |
| 25 | Some nymphs have specially shaped heads and legs , so that when facing the current , they are pushed against stones into which they fit , and which save them from being washed away — certainly a case of going with the elements ! |
| 26 | His first triumph in Europe ramins the No 1 aim once he can keep his game together for all four rounds , instead of going off the rails at a crucial stage . |
| 27 | Er if they wanted to be on their roller skates or even on their bikes , then they were sort of going around the walkways . |
| 28 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 29 | For the oddities I have spoken of go to the newspapers and novels of the period , where there are such things . |
| 30 | erm you know kind of er call that a first draft and then sort , you know , sort of try and sort of go through the books again and stick a few references in to back up the points you 've made so you can see it relates to other people 's evidence erm trying to go through it again and knock out the well you know what I mean kind of statements and , and , you know , you can gradually sort of make the er grad you know sort of but again it 's , it 's , it 's one of these processes that I find , you know , you need to go through again and again and again to sort of get it er get it together erm so erm |