Example sentences of "go [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You still could go bloody shop where yours is . |
| 2 | Not a single Tory seat in the country would be held at a by-election on such a swing , according to John Curtice , of Strathclyde University ; not even Christchurch , which would go Liberal Democrat on a swing of 20% . |
| 3 | Come on , let's go wee wees ! |
| 4 | The infant retrieves , or witnesses the retrieval of an object from behind A ( say ) three times , after which he watches as the experimenter moves it to place B. On seeing it vanish at B he will go straight back to A. Although the back-to-A error is more likely to be made the longer the delay between hiding at B and allowing search , this is not a memory problem in any simple sense because the infant will return to A even if the object remains visible at B. We find a particularly clear demonstration of this kind of ‘ perseveration ’ in an experiment by Paul Harris in which there were two transparent , lockable boxes as the A and the B location . |
| 5 | It looked as though the donnish youth would go straight back to donnery and be a don for the rest of his life ; perhaps he was not suitable for other kinds of clergyman . |
| 6 | If he told her she might go straight back and he would n't be home for hours . |
| 7 | We 'll go straight back to The Fleece , and you must lie down with one of your tablets . ’ |
| 8 | Then you can go straight back to the ship , if you want . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll go straight back to Eastbourne . |
| 10 | I know I 've only got to make one mistake and I 'll go straight back in . |
| 11 | I think you should go straight back to bed and I shall bring you a tray of breakfast presently . ’ |
| 12 | To defuse the moment she said , conversationally : ‘ You 'll go straight back to the beach , will you ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You can go straight back to the office . |
| 14 | My right hon. Friend has rightly ensured that 80 out of every 100 additional officers provided will go straight back on the beat , in Dartford and elsewhere . |
| 15 | ‘ I would if I was sure he would n't go straight back and do it again . ’ |
| 16 | Timber which can either be good usable furniture , or furniture that can be repaired , which can go straight back out to anybody who wants to buy them . |
| 17 | Reason it out ; if you let me go I 'll go straight back to Palma . |
| 18 | Should she join the group of young vets who had qualified with her two years ago or should she go straight back to her godmother 's house , where she was staying for the duration of this annual veterinary congress ? |
| 19 | he said if you do n't behave yourself lad you 'll go straight back to the |
| 20 | He 'll probably go straight back down ! |
| 21 | The idea , I have to keep telling people , is not to make the cork go jolly pop and thus provoke an ejaculatory mousse from the bottle . |
| 22 | Maybe Wilko will play Whelan and Wallace , or Whelan and Forrester … we could go mega midget and play Wallace and Forrester : - ) I reckon they could make a good pair , like to see mssrs Bruce and pallister cope … |
| 23 | Ding dong the bells are clashing , let's all go Paki bashing . |
| 24 | Oh if Melanie will go Good morning ! |
| 25 | I wan na go Black butchers on the square , last time we went to Harrendle Bob and Delph took us in the car |
| 26 | Spiders can go long periods between meals but can not do without moisture — becoming dehydrated very quickly . |
| 27 | Trees had carelessly let go great branches or had toppled down entirely , throwing their roots up into the air . |
| 28 | Feeling that ‘ Arnold 's notion of ‘ life ’ , in his account of poetry , does not perhaps go deep enough' , Eliot presented his own essential requirement of poetry : that it possess ‘ auditory imagination , . |
| 29 | But while we 're on , I 'll tell you this ; you 'll go blind readin' that small print . ’ |
| 30 | The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away . |