Example sentences of "[coord] go [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 2 | She paused a moment , uncertain whether to follow the other two or go back the way they had come . |
| 3 | And goes down the way . |
| 4 | ‘ I remember a number that I think might interest you , ’ he said encouragingly , starting at the beginning of the book and going down the columns to look for it . |
| 5 | Throwing it open , he lifted out a sinewy and almost reptilian form , holding it aloft and going down the line of young men , offering it briefly to each in turn . |
| 6 | come home and I thought well I 'll drop that , I 'll stay and go up the ladder and I was gon na do painting you got him Hey up ! ! |
| 7 | I knew exactly where to stop it so that I could get off and go down the ladder , sneak a cup of tea or something . |
| 8 | Start at the bottom and go up the top . |
| 9 | He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it ! |
| 10 | And when you could n't reach no higher , you 'd get hold of the truss and chuck it on your head , and go up the ladder like the deuce with it . |
| 11 | They will then start all over again and go round the cockpit a second or even a third time . |
| 12 | If the film was , say , Old Mother Riley Goes to Paris , you 'd have three of your doormen dressed up as Old Mother Riley , which was a very cheap costume to hire , and you 'd build an Eiffel Tower , put it on a barrow and go round the town during the busy shopping time . |
| 13 | ‘ Juries are sympathetic towards people who have been provoked and who are defending their property and go over the top , ’ he says . |
| 14 | A group of youngsters can often come down to the river and go over the top |
| 15 | If you are shopping , stop outside the shop and go over the rules and consequences . |
| 16 | Turn right and follow the road for a third of a mile to the roundabout , continue for 200yds and go over the stile on the right . |
| 17 | Go back to the lift and go up , carry the weight to the button and drop it on the button to start the swing , stand on the swing and fly up-right , collect the weight above you and throw it onto the button next to the swing , go back to where you grabbed the weight , go left , collect the weight , go right to the wall and fall down , throw the weight on the button , go up , left , up the pipe , collect the flower and go down the pipe . |
| 18 | No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that . |
| 19 | While fibre-rich foods are chewed slowly , calorific drinks require no chewing at all and go down the throat in a split second . |
| 20 | He loved to come here take a slog and go down the meadows . |
| 21 | I used to come home , I used to go down there about , I used to start out away from the shop about er ten o'clock , half past ten , you see , in the morning and go down the Fen , call at then comes well I used to call on the first houses on the right the way down the Fen there I used to go down farm they used to call it , come back to and then on to you see . |
| 22 | They turned and went up the flight of stairs , a frieze of well-behaved actors . |
| 23 | They stopped near us , then turned and went up the ladder again . |
| 24 | With a quick smile , and not really having any choice , Ellie climbed back into her car , turned on the muddy track , and went back the way she 'd come . |
| 25 | Martha left them , and went down the companion . |
| 26 | ‘ Disloyal to letter boxes , ’ I said to myself and went down the passage where I could laugh without being heard . |
| 27 | She went over to the round table in the middle of the room , moved The Field and Country Life into slightly different positions , concealed the one ashtray to discourage smoking , and went down the passage to see if her brother was ready . |
| 28 | I ran off down the hill to our street and went down the back alley-way to Julie 's , so my mum would n't see me . |
| 29 | Cheerfully they got out of the car into the open day and went down the rocks to the strand and then out to the tideline . |
| 30 | Polly turned and went down the ladder . |