Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] go [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anger was triggered by a clash between photographers and bodyguards outside a toy store that had been cleared of shoppers so that Jackson could go on a shopping spree . |
| 2 | Occasionally Arthur would go for a pint at the local , but that was it . |
| 3 | Under new disputes procedures , ( i ) competition cases would be handled by the EC Commission and the ECJ if they involved companies from both the EC and EFTA ( and by EFTA only if they concerned only EFTA companies ) ; ( ii ) disagreements over the operation of the EEA would go to a joint EEA political committee , with either party having the right to seek binding arbitration if the issue were unresolved ; and ( iii ) the ECJ would have sole powers to rule on the interpretation of EEA laws , while EFTA courts would give their " best endeavours " to comply with such rulings . |
| 4 | The mention of these two blockbuster names ought not to imply , however , that the collecting of contemporary fiction is necessarily allied to the bestseller lists : booksellers may rest assured that not one of the mega-thousands of Jilly Coopers , Jeffrey Archers , Wilbur Smiths or Catherine Cooksons will go to a collector , while a surprising number of Dennis Potters , Alan Bennetts , Kingsley Amises , William Boyds , Seamus Heaneys and Alan Ayckbourns will . |
| 5 | They were astonished to hear that in Britain it costs more than £3 to go to the cinema ( a Filipino obsession ) , when it costs only 3p in Dapitan , and to learn that teenage girls in Britain could go on a date with their boyfriends without a chaperone ; something disapproved of on Mindanao ) . |
| 6 | In between the trips , Mrs Robinson , who will be accompanied by her husband Nick will go on a private visit to Hong Kong . |
| 7 | In between the trips , Mrs Robinson , who will be accompanied by her husband Nick will go on a private visit to Hong Kong . |
| 8 | Andy Linighan can go at a cut-price £750,000 ; Paul Davies and defender Stephen Morrow at £500,000 apiece and Colin Pates for £250,000 . |
| 9 | Your Uncle Walter 'll go on a long time yet , you see . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Basically , someone has to take a stand now otherwise all the single-teacher schools in the Borders could go in a very short time , ’ declared the association chairman , Annmarie Crowe , of St Abbs , yesterday . |
| 11 | SOCCER SKIPPER Andy Townsend will go through a vigorous fitness test today before declaring himself fit to lead the Republic of Ireland against Lithuania in Dublin . |
| 12 | And Hywel will go without a word , and when he is gone and the house is silent Elizabeth will creep to the telephone and she will pick it up and it will ring in another empty house because Dr Wyn has gone to the Fair . |
| 13 | But I 'm sure John will go into a lot of detail I only needed to mention . |