Example sentences of "[noun prp] go [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Althea Greenan goes on a walkabout around central London galleries |
| 2 | The road to Haworth goes up a hill , and there was ice on the stones of the road . |
| 3 | How come the board have allowed Cuntona to go for a sing and a prayer ? |
| 4 | At Caen Musgrave went to a regatta , where seven thousand spectators lined the dockside . |
| 5 | One spring Conran went on a tour of sixty shops which sold his furniture . |
| 6 | Mrs Goodhaven went to a committee meeting , then home in time to be there when you telephoned . |
| 7 | ‘ Is that any more barmy than believing that Muhammad went up a mountain and God spoke to him ? |
| 8 | On the restoration of democracy and of union rights , the CCOO went through a process of institutionalization , establishing a federal and confederal structure similar to that of the UGT . |
| 9 | Kay went for a head-butt on Colin Walsh , who refused to discuss the incident after the match . |
| 10 | In fact , in August 1988 , when the foundations for several more buildings had already been dug ( including an opera-house which would dwarf President Mitterrand 's concrete folly at the Bastille in Paris ) , Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu went through a ceremony designed to immortalize their rule into the millennia to come . |
| 11 | He took his hand and led him away and Mister Johnny went like a lamb . |
| 12 | ONE SUMMER in 1920 , while staying with the Morells at Garsington , the late Percy Feilding went for a drive around Oxfordshire , and miles up a cart track , purely by chance , he found Beckley . |
| 13 | Who invited Doctor Jekyll to go for a walk ? |
| 14 | Our Skipper went through a phase of thinking that the half halt meant go faster . |
| 15 | The Buddha went up a mountain and looked down on Samsara ( the mundane word ) and saw it was trivial . |
| 16 | Karen went to a wedding and er somebody 's wedding and she still has a dress . |
| 17 | Malcolm also made that contact when he and Bernie went on a trip up north , searching round textile factories for old fifties cloth to use for making up zoot suits . |
| 18 | Shortly afterwards Jane went to a friend 's house in Kensington to a musical party where a famous quartet was playing and , sitting on the stairs , talked to someone whom she took to be one of the players . |
| 19 | The prosecution said that drinkers at the Volunteer Inn at Great Somerford saw Mantack go into a phone box with a large tape recorder . |
| 20 | This was how the visual comedy of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was conceived , although this was not to be the opening episode of the series ; Michael Mills felt the couple needed to be introduced in another story , which saw Frank go for a job as a door-to-door salesman — one of many jobs — and bungle the practice session in his own inimitable way . |
| 21 | A traveller in Scotland went into a pub and asked for a pint of bitter . |
| 22 | As they opened fire the British formation broke up , Sgt. Bamberger going into a spin as the 109s disappeared back up into the sun . |
| 23 | Ian Walker , prosecuting , said a store detective spotted Melia going into a cubicle to try the jeans on . |
| 24 | of the Thames goes into a spin , |
| 25 | McMeekin went on a drinking spree in Darlington and ended in Presto , where he was seen hiding a bottle of Southern Comfort under his jacket . |
| 26 | Elaine went into a home last week when Sylvia was on holiday . |
| 27 | It would be late at night , she would have her back to the door and , when brushing her teeth , Elinor went into a kind of trance . |
| 28 | When President Shagari went on a state visit to Britain in March 1981 , the large press corps accompanying him included no representative of any ‘ opposition ’ newspaper or broadcasting organisation . |
| 29 | ‘ Has Donald gone for a doctor ? ’ |
| 30 | Hitting an air pocket , the Vimy went into a spin , the airspeed indicator failed , the engines stalled and the Vimy began to plunge downwards . |