Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] go [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was , at least , an improvement on an earlier pattern , where I went into the end-game with a lead of about 30 — and then lost on the black . |
| 2 | Conciliation facilities are available in the county courts where you go for the divorce . |
| 3 | A bookshop should be a familiar place , somewhere where one goes for the sheer love of books , for the smell and feel of them , for the companionship of others who share the joy of touching , holding , reading and learning . |
| 4 | I followed the telephone cord and found where it went into the wall . |
| 5 | So , smoker or not , drinker or latter-day prohibitionist , be sure to equip yourself with your full duty-free quotas of Marlboros and Bells afore ye go behind the remnants of the Iron Curtain . |
| 6 | well I 'm , I 'm quite happy , never going out , never see the outside world except I go in the ambulance |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't get A-levels , so I went into the Army , ’ explains the Old Etonian . |
| 8 | But he greeted me by swearing at me , so I went into the hall to find somebody else . |
| 9 | I felt really faint so I went to the pub at the end of the road where your office is — ca n't remember its name . |
| 10 | Poppy had managed to gather quite a collection of workmen 's boots , so I went to the pet shop and bought her some toys , which she loved playing with . |
| 11 | I did n't have any others so I went to the police station in stocking feet . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't go , so I went to the second night . |
| 13 | I did n't find you at first , so I went to the bathroom . |
| 14 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 15 | in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding . |
| 16 | I get bored with watching them after a bit , so I go in the shop and have a look at their books . |
| 17 | Meredith supposed Harriet would be fully committed socially over the Christmas period but she wanted to offer some token of hospitality , so she went across the road after breakfast and asked if Harriet would like to come over to lunch . |
| 18 | Mr Arsmtrong said : ‘ She said she thought he was going to start on her again so she went into the kitchen to get a knife and while her husband had his back turned she pushed the knife into his lower back . |
| 19 | A quick glance showed that towels were needed , so she went to the linen cupboard and collected two large fluffy ones , but as she returned to the room the sound of Doreen 's plaintive voice caused her to pause . |
| 20 | Jack was busy , dealing with a nasty fracture , so she went to the nursing station and picked up the phone . |
| 21 | Yeah but they basically just do n't want to lose out either way , I mean there was no reason for them to join originally but when events happen and they see the tide turning almost , you know get with the bandwagon , I mean they , they do n't want now to be seen as the minority and the ones under threat , so you go with the er majority , with the , the stronger force |
| 22 | ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob — push the door open — go inside — close the door gently behind you so that you do n't wake up anybody else in the house ; now you go to the basin — put the plug in — turn on the tap — it 's a very stiff tap … ’ ( p. 196 ) . |
| 23 | In this particular instance it is representational , as the ‘ performance mode ’ is , for the child is required to describe in action whatever the teacher suggests ( as in the example above , ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob ’ ) , but the ‘ exercise mode ’ has other characteristics that give it a special mental quality . |
| 24 | We 've done example one together , can I now ask you to do example two , which basically is the sum , is the same sum but the client 's a smoker , so you go to the back of the book . |
| 25 | It is a long day , but you do the show and you have a buzz , so you go to the pub . |
| 26 | ‘ So you went along the corridor to her room . |
| 27 | ‘ My philosophy with Jim was that once you go onto the court , play every point deliberately . |
| 28 | Once you go past the end you go on to the red and if you win it |
| 29 | and it 's even more noticeable once you go into the , the year twelve , that first twelve months is crucial , if you just kick your heels and do nothing , you 'll find it very very difficult to work to pull up |
| 30 | This is because , although we go through the movements of looking , we do not actually see what is there . |