Example sentences of "[adv] go on the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Well it 's a very specialized boat in a sense , I mean it goes on the surface of the water and it literally goes on the surface of the water , it 's a hovercraft is a sort of a it 's a vessel which has got a skirt all round it
2 ‘ I 've done everything I can possibly think of now , so going on the run is my protest .
3 I mean I 'm , I 'm , I 'm only going on the fact that I I tend to do everything on the cheap so I tend to get if I can find somebody who does photocopying I can do it then we 'll do it .
4 only going on the bus though .
5 James IV , idealistic and militaristic , ‘ first and foremost a warrior ’ as Dr Norman Macdougall has described him , spent at least £100,000 Scots ( rather more than three years ' income ) on artillery and even more on his navy ; £30,000 alone went on the building of the huge and spectacular Great Michael , a ship so impressive that it was promptly copied by Henry VIII , whose Henri Grace a Dieu was built virtually to the same specifications in 1512 , a year after the Michael 's completion .
6 I saw the doctor who said I 'd better go on the hospital wing , which seemed ludicrous simply because I needed to use eye drops and an asthma inhalant and asthma pills .
7 You ran away to go on the stage
8 The the family black sheep , the other sister went , er , er , left home to go on the stage .
9 ULSTER 'S richest residents have wasted no time perusing the most expensive house ever to go on the market here .
10 At a cool £695,000 , the house is Crawfordsburn is thought to be the most expensive ever to go on the market in Northern Ireland .
11 er , a , I stripped me bed you see and washed everything and me thick duvet cover if that , once goes on the dirt it 's hell of a job
12 Well yeah , but I do n't think the job 's erm , I mean that 's not the problem for her because she can always go on the agency you see and she can do general midwifery
13 Other MPs also go on the record on Page 2 to give TODAY an astonishing list of threats that caused some to buckle under .
14 Yes I suppose so , but I feel sorry for Simon cos you see John and Geoff they can both go on the dole but Simon 's is .
15 Sisters Mary and Joan Baker also went on the trip .
16 Already a fierce critic of the Premier League 's initial refusal to trim the number of clubs , Taylor has now gone on the attack over a television deal which has pumped more than £300 million into the game .
17 Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; ‘ I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared .
18 Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared .
19 We do n't now go on the Saga holidays , simply because they er or solely because you need to go down to Gatwick to catch the planes and we 're not to doing that East Midlands or .
20 Where even going on the boat , we went from Glasgow from Quay in one of the Line boats and erm it cost erm the cheapest fares were twenty seven pounds ten return .
21 It was a great bonus to me to be near Sarah , and I frequently went on the bus to Harpenden .
22 We just passed the revenue , the capital , the revenue then goes on the base budget , is called the revenue consequence of capital expenditure and all the fire officers ask for is enough to build a fire station and the cost of running it is automatically going onto your bill .
23 I can only emphasise the point that Her Royal Highness has already made on the requirements for us to have a much larger membership to allow us to speak with strong voice in the many debates we find ourselves involved on behalf of our sport whether it be windsurfers , dinghies , offshore sailing craft , motor cruisers , powerboat racing , anything that virtually goes on the water we look after .
24 He claims these reptiles make superb pets as they sit incredibly still for hours and then go on the rampage — very much like Pest Control staff !
25 She used to sometimes go on the round with her nose plugged , yeah .
26 I 'll maybe go on the security .
27 We then went on the Underground on the line to Victoria where we caught the 08.35 train to Hayward 's Heath .
28 She trained at Liverpool ( S.R.N. , S.C.M. , Q.1.D.N.S. , Hospital Gold Medal 1963 ) and then went on the district in her native Westmorland .
29 A company employing ten workers might lay off two in bad times ; ten self-employed workers would probably carry on with a 20% reduction in their turnover rather than voluntarily go on the dole .
30 ‘ It did n't officially go on the market .
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