Example sentences of "[modal v] go [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He was surprised to find , for example , that men who make their living out of reporting news and gossip should go away from a private lunch with him and the Princess and talk about it .
2 Though no match for Gaelstrom and Now Your Talkin , he was running on well into third at the end , and in receipt of 20lbs from Highland Spirit should go well at a big price .
3 The outcome is expected to influence Scottish Homes in deciding whether Waverley or Eildon should go forward for a four-week postal ballot in June .
4 if I won bigger money , I should go in for a new house , which would be built to our own idea , so that we could get a bigger scullery … .
5 You must go out on a starry night and walk about for half an hour trying to see the sky in terms of the old ( Ptolemaic ) cosmology .
6 Yeah , try those for and er , I mean there , but there , they 'll go on to a similar any way , but just keeping up the enjoyment side and er
7 As it is , they 'll go round with a wicked twinkle in their eyes , and say : ‘ I do think he has some of the verve , some of the sparkle of Walter Machin , do n't you , Alfred ?
8 Yes well I 'll go fortnightly for a little while then it 'll tail off .
9 Yet when he says that this change is not deliberate , he raises the fear that he might go back to a Thatcherite policy , if and when he has the chance .
10 NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO just might go down as a memorable year in the history of Britain , if not the rest of the world .
11 A COLLEGE 'S bid for university college status could go ahead despite a frosty reception from the Government .
12 But I could go up in a few weeks .
13 However , he left the next day , calling later to ask Lorna to meet him nearby with £500 cash so he could go away for a few days .
14 Salvation came from without : the development of some de facto secondary work in the higher ‘ standards ’ or years of Board schools , the improvements in the older grammar schools , the use of various ‘ institutes ’ dedicated to helping working men get more education , the creation of new , civic universities like Owens in Manchester , and the expansion of London University , gave men who wanted a basic education beyond primary school new opportunities , after which they could go on to a denominational college which was now more able to concentrate on theology .
15 It could go on for a long time in this condition , like the Spanish Empire in its centuries of decline .
16 The list could go on for a long time .
17 This is another list that could go on for a long time .
18 I could go on for a long time in praise of Maxwell .
19 But er I could er I I could go on for a long time on that subject but time 's short dear ,
20 We then went a stage further and to share the technology established joint teams for each of these major areas , so that er the specification while it was under Dasa 's leadership , it was actually done by a joint team which involved expertise from British Aerospace and the other three and er therefore at that time the whole Eurofighter consortium was confident that they were making the best use of the available expertise across the four partner companies , each bringing to the table , their own so that they could go forward on a confident basis .
21 What if you , if you lent us some dosh I suppose I could be with Louise tonight , right , I could go home with a big bunch of flowers cos I 'll have a guilty expression on my face .
22 ‘ Well , I suppose you could go there for a new typewriter , though as I say , they 're mainly interested in bulk orders .
23 I mean , we could go back in a few days and I could distract her while you … ’
24 If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts .
25 If the matter is not resolved by the small claims procedure it may go forward to a full hearing before a County Court judge in the normal way .
26 Let's go out for a nice meal somewhere .
27 Erm if I understand it correctly from from Mr Potter 's er table nine , the implication would be that the the Greater York figure would go up to a hundred and sixty one hectares based on thirty four to the acr hectare , that is correct ?
28 They said the mules would go round by a good track but we 'd explore the river .
29 Then I 'd go down the town buy us all clothes then , you and I would go out for a private dinner Jean .
30 S. H. The kids — many a time you would go about with a dozen bloody sweets in your pocket .
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