Example sentences of "[subord] go [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France boasts a rich and varied tradition of film-making where going to the cinema is an accepted part of people 's cultural and intellectual lives . |
| 2 | She was beset by the realization that she desired nothing more than to go to the Hall as Anne Mowbray 's companion . |
| 3 | However , since she needed to fill her time until his return , what better way than to go to the capital city , and spend some days taking a look round ? |
| 4 | She rarely came out of Merchiston Lodge , except to go to the village , and it was quite a pleasure , she discovered , to be driving away from it . |
| 5 | It was easier going to the house — he and Richard 's wife Pat used to swap wartime evacuation stories with each other and then they would play verbal tennis , making conversation out of the spoken lyrics of Forties ' songs — than going to the theatre to see other actors , as they sometimes did together after the run of Public Eye . |
| 6 | Cheaper than going to the specialist , and you may still benefit from some after-sales service . |
| 7 | than going to the court , erm for |
| 8 | It 's no dearer than going to the Ritz , it 's just the journey |
| 9 | Having your hair cut in a professional salon can be even more traumatic than going to the dentist . |
| 10 | For Claire King , the European promotions manager for EMI , going to the hairdresser is worse than going to the dentist . |
| 11 | Because we use the output from our page printer as camera ready copy rather than going to the expense of typesetting we are unable to use scanners to integrate pictures into the text as we make the pages up . |
| 12 | So we 're l , we 're l , we 're looking at a couple of the options to see , you know , how much will it cost to actually put the money on the policy rather than going to the effort of writing it out , and it 's gon na cost about two hundred thousand pounds just to do that , erm and that , we need , we need to weigh that up with the cost of actually dealing with ten thousand letters to clients , ten thousand enquiries erm I just wondered what your thoughts were on how we should proceed . |
| 13 | Infact it is alot easier doing something like this than going into the ring because you see all their fresh faces and all they care about is having their quetions answered . |
| 14 | It is much harder than going into the side-slip from the final turn where it is easy to apply the opposite rudder and straighten up correctly . |
| 15 | Richard Agutter , head of Peat 's merger and acquisition network , said the relatively low average values indicated that British companies were making cross-border deals for strategic reasons ‘ rather than going for the mega-deals ’ . |
| 16 | The underlying idea here is that reason can be more than going through the techniques and operations that reason demands ; and more than paying attention to particular truth claims . |
| 17 | It will be able to negotiate directly with the Council on proposed amendments rather than going through the Commission and , in the last resort , it will be able to reject the agreed position of the Council on legislation , although it is unlikely to do so often . |
| 18 | It was quicker than going along the ride . |
| 19 | Well it 's better than going in the river like you suggested yesterday where it 's hidden and forgotten permanent reminder . |
| 20 | than going in the car . |
| 21 | Rather than go to the school ? |
| 22 | Even as a child growing up in the Fifties , she and her sister , Marlene , preferred to spend their sixpence pocket money on animal welfare classes run by a local RSPCA inspector rather than go to the cinema . |
| 23 | Was it the sort of chemist that erm was it the sort of chemist that you 'd go in if you 'd got something the matter with you and rather than go to the doctor , they would sort of dole out something for you ? |
| 24 | He used it sometimes rather than go into the factory at Newbury . |
| 25 | And fourth , having been caught out it would have been wiser to brazen it out immediately , as do the Israelis , rather than go through the tedium of Tricot 's inquiry . |
| 26 | Rather than go onto the Cairngorm plateau itself , this walk passes through The Queens Forest and to the summit of Meall a' Bhuachaille . |
| 27 | I thought it was more sensible to walk to the library rather than go in the car cos |
| 28 | Rather than go round the shops . |
| 29 | Ormsby from the Weld stable is joint top weight with Salmon Eile but 10st is a lot of poundage to carry and it may be best to rely on Loki who rather disappointed at the Curragh last Saturday but who should be given another chance if going to the post . |
| 30 | Power the lower leg into the target , aiming for a light smack if attacking the head , or a more solid thump if going for the ribs . |