Example sentences of "[pron] goes [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The other would allow the smart to inherit the Earth ( plus a legacy from their wealthy parents ) and console us with the exhortation to work harder if we want more , which goes down like a glass of sand in the unemployment deserts . |
2 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
3 | There were three women and they died at the same time so God goes cos you do n't all three of you do n't so , erm , the first one goes : I wan na go back to Earth thousand times are better so she goes back as a President , right ? |
4 | Er , she goes down with a friend . |
5 | when she goes out for a meal she 's got a problem , now if that was me I 'd be having loads of big ones |
6 | They embrace , then separate , and one goes over to a woman in the crowd with a child cradled in her arms . |
7 | As soon as an assignment has been fully proofed it goes on to a list which is published every two months to all of the sales execs and you just look out for your number , all right ? and you 've got your own personal records of course , if you know you 've earned bonus then that 's where to claim it . |
8 | It goes on for a minute . |
9 | If you get through that you 've got to give the balloon a good hard squirt to make it burn , and if you do make it burn it goes up with a hell of a whoomph and you 've still got to get away . ’ |
10 | And when it goes down to a water hole to drink it crouches down and awkwardly sips with its mouth . |
11 | And it goes out in a blaze of colour — a spectacular firework display which starts at 6.45pm and goes on into the night . |
12 | He goes up to a kiosk in Wenceslas Square and asks for a copy of Rude Pravo ( Red Truth ) , the Party newspaper . |
13 | He watches his expression carefully as he goes up to a beggar and puts a coin in his tin . |
14 | He 's , he 's , he 's jump , he , he , he goes up like a jump jet he goes |
15 | He goes in for a sort of hall-of-mirrors self-impersonation , telling people how he would have done the murder if he had done it ( which he has ) . |
16 | and er , he said if he 's not better , any better when he goes back in a fortnight he 's gon na send him to a chest specialist , but you 've been a lot better have n't you ? |
17 | The next morning he goes out for a walk round the town . |
18 | ’ We ca n't attend their committee meetings which is where all the real decisions are made , and we ca n't get information about what goes on in a committee meeting . |
19 | I think especially in the , in the hotel project it 's useful to have a little bar chart saying this is what goes on in a bathroom . |
20 | Well that does n't show any er expertise in what goes on in a solicitor 's office at all . |
21 | Never know what goes on in a nutter 's mind . |
22 | The observer 's task is then to observe what goes on in a classroom and , every three seconds , to tick the category that best describes what has been happening during that period . |
23 | The local nicks at Penzance and St Ives must have some idea what goes on in a set-up like that on their doorsteps . ’ |
24 | In the end this is a debate not about bolting versus traditional climbing , it 's a debate about morality — about what goes on inside a climber 's head when he look s at his ( or her ) environment . |
25 | Or , though the process or institution may be , so to speak , on the doorstep , its accessibility may be limited : what goes on inside a defence research establishment or a Masonic Lodge are obvious examples . |
26 | Some learn in this way for the first time about what goes on inside a university . |
27 | THE SPECTATOR , and even the onfield adversary , can little suspect what goes on inside a cricketer 's head . |
28 | I 've always thought babies have a pretty rotten life , completely under the control of people who do n't have any idea of what goes on inside a baby 's mind — ’ |