Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] go [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 For her latest exhibition , Oulton has gone even further to distance herself from Old Master traditions and concepts of Englishness .
2 Conran has gone so far as ending catwalk exhibitions totally in favour of presentation by video .
3 There were two more floors above this in the keep , but the chances of Balliol having gone upstairs rather than down were remote .
4 Overall Engels seems to go much further in this enthusiasm for Morgan than the generally vague impression we get from Marx .
5 By Lancaster Road standards , the Ryans had gone too far up in the world , making them aliens .
6 Gordon Mahoney had gone home about an hour ago .
7 When Miss Poraway had mentioned a Tupperware party Mrs Stead-Carter had gone much further than she 'd ever gone before .
8 Battle ‘ You ca n't be disappointed by a run like that , ’ said the jockey after User Friendly 's head-to-head battle with Subotica had gone so narrowly the wrong way for her army of fans .
9 It was a sign that Ceauşescu intended to go much further than Dej in rehabilitating the Romanian past and distancing the Communist regime from the original Soviet model , at least so far as public presentation went .
10 Perhaps Friday wanted to go home too .
11 I have no doubt that obliteration of closed railways in some parts of the south of England has gone much further .
12 From Deuteronomy 1:19–25 it seems plain that Moses intended to go straight on into the promised land at this point ; it was the people 's suggestion that they should send spies ahead .
13 Now Malekith had gone too far .
14 Donald McLaggan had gone too far with Flora Stewart , swinging so wildly that the girl flung against the smaller table and fell onto it with her hair in the great bowl of broth .
15 Fred had gone too far , had widened the discourse unfairly .
16 Mrs Brooks wondered who this morning 's visitor was , and where Mrs d'Urberville had gone so early .
17 Frank wanted a bawdy stage comedy transferred to film ; Lester wanted to go more deeply into the subject , the cruelties and shabbiness of first century Rome .
18 Israel has gone too far this time .
19 Indeed , Professor Roskell has gone so far as to suggest that the nobility could not be relied upon to attend parliament in the 1350s and 1360s even when they were present in England , and that these parliaments amounted to little more than tax bargaining sessions between the king and the commons .
20 The fact that IBM Corp has scheduled a board meeting for next Tuesday has analysts speculating like mad that the company may name its new chief executive after the meeting : the only name now being tossed about is that of Louis Gerstner , chairman and chief executive of RJR Nabisco Inc , who shot to favourite in the betting after USA Today reported that talks between IBM and Gerstner had gone as far as discussion of a compensation package .
21 For once , Dr Neil , engrossed in drinking his coffee , did not notice that McAllister had gone very still .
22 But Harding was rallying his faculties fast ; I was certain Lawrence had gone too far this time .
23 She felt that Maggie Gibbs had gone too far .
24 At least , he 'd hated her after that single flare of interest as she 'd climbed out of Peter 's hired jeep , but it had died instantly when , striding boyishly round the front of the vehicle , Peter had gone straight up to his elder brother and announced , ‘ Meet my amazing fiancée , big brother ! ’
25 Sales of OS/2 have gone more slowly than some at Microsoft had hoped .
26 José Harris has gone as far as to describe the dispute as ‘ a major conflict of principle ’ between the two boards .
27 Barry has gone too far this time .
28 Barry has gone too far this time .
29 When he publicly questioned Truman 's decision not to use Chinese Nationalist troops in Korea , Truman decided the pretensions of his Caesar had gone far enough .
30 George had gone there straight from Operation Conversion Unit .
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