Example sentences of "[vb past] to go [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , district councillors felt that none of the objections justified any changes to the proposed order and agreed to go ahead with the scheme . |
| 2 | I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs , and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors , begging our way for the love of God , so that we might be beheaded there … . |
| 3 | The bang of the younger one 's heart seemed to go right through the earth like thundering horses . |
| 4 | He was beginning to find pieces which seemed to go together with the hint of a pattern … |
| 5 | It was cooled by air-conditioning today , as the temperature threatened to go well above the century mark on the old Fahrenheit scale . |
| 6 | NATO decided to go ahead with the cruise missiles before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and against a background of Soviet-American agreement in the Salt 11 talks on strategic weapons . |
| 7 | Within ten minutes , Woodrow Wilson had consulted with his chiefs of staff in the war room , and decided to go ahead with the contingency plan . |
| 8 | Kennedy decided to go ahead with the plan . |
| 9 | On 20 December ACAS decided to go ahead with the balloting , though Grunwick refused to supply the names and addresses of those working . |
| 10 | All I know is that my presence was no surprise to them , but they decided to go ahead with the drop anyway . |
| 11 | I was very kindly invited back to the marquee for tea , but as it was by then after 4.30pm , I decided to go straight to the car , take off my dripping mackintosh , and drive back to London , after a very happy day which raised £25,000 for the Prince 's Trust . |
| 12 | He decided to go straight into the wood without consulting Bigwig , and to trust that the rest would follow . |
| 13 | Finally , the shaman ( priest ) of the tribe decided to go alone to the top of the hill and speak to the Great Spirits . |
| 14 | I decided to go alone on the Sunday morning . |
| 15 | Twelve days later I received a call from an exultant Sylvia who told me that , on the previous evening , she had in fact managed to go right into the cupboard and switch off the light . |
| 16 | We had to go downstairs to the toilet , and in the winter the water used to freeze up . |
| 17 | Sartre and de Beauvoir had to go elsewhere after the Liberation . |
| 18 | Not Adam Burns , though — oh no , he had to go straight for the jugular . |
| 19 | He had to make frequent visits to hospital , for plaster to be changed , for X-rays and check-ups , and as unfortunately further cancer cells had been found in his spine , he had to go periodically to the Christie Hospital again . |
| 20 | I did not often take part in the passeggiata because soon after school ended I had to go home on the tram , but sometimes a schoolfriend of mine called Wilma used to invite me to stay the night if there was a lot of homework to be done . |
| 21 | The ministry said that it intended to go ahead with the slaughter of the flock ‘ as soon as possible ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ We intended to go peaceably to the buffalo country ’ , Joseph noted , ‘ and leave the question of returning to our country to be settled afterward ’ . |
| 23 | They refused to go home at the end of their shift and worked frantically to reach him . |
| 24 | Also , although I did n't know the place , I suspected that most of the low-lying shore would dry out , and I wanted to go there on the flood . |
| 25 | I wanted to go across to the hill and search for him , but we were tired and I remembered that Sir Henry might be in danger . |