Example sentences of "[vb past] go the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Switch off engine , ’ Dick commanded , and she let go the red button . |
| 2 | Trent waited until the catamaran was pointing downriver , then he let go the stern line , pulling it in and coiling it down . |
| 3 | But in this case , the evidence seemed to go the other way , and was the express reason why the magistrates dismissed the charges . |
| 4 | When he 'd gone the Annamese woman turned to stare apprehensively at her husband . |
| 5 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
| 6 | He 'd gone the last time , he reminded her , because of Lowell 's hands — well , partly . |
| 7 | On a day when rain wrecked the second day 's play in matches up and down the country only three got going the Pakistani pace ace bagged five for 60 to help shoot out the visitors for 166 , a deficit of 116 . |
| 8 | Mortified by the twist in his sobriety , George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society . |
| 9 | Taking a deep breath we elected to go the whole hog and print 16 pages . |
| 10 | Mind you , Ralph did go the whole hog with it : he got Gaby Sturmer as PR doing photographs and write-ups and turned out some lovely leaflets . |
| 11 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 12 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 13 | ‘ I was n't sure about making the sharp turn into the fifth fence , but Ted told me I had to go the fast way everywhere otherwise I had no hope of winning , ’ Mac said . |
| 14 | Mr Patten told legislators : ‘ We wished to go the extra mile and give the Chinese side every opportunity to respond . |
| 15 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 16 | so there you , you get on the accounts you get a , a er , apparently , income er extension of the scheme budget by nearly four thousand pounds , three , eight , then you go back with what Lord was asking you about and I just want you to explain it if you can , if you ca n't tell me , as he drew your attention to surplus per audited account at August ninety nineteen one , a hundred and eight , eighty , so that , in fact the year ending nineteen ninety two , along these accounts we 're dealing with , in fact the expenditure of exceeded budget by nearly four thousand , the previous year er in nineteen ninety one er it had gone the other way that er |
| 17 | Experts say it 's good news for Rover , which could have been sold off if today 's European Court ruling had gone the other way . |
| 18 | The tramp choked a little , as if the gum he accepted and popped into his mouth had gone the wrong way . |