Example sentences of "go down the road " in BNC.

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1 If I said to you , ‘ I saw a chair going down the road yesterday and … ’ you would interrupt and say , ‘ That belongs to Mr So-and-So , 316 Carphalute Quadrant North , Lesmahagow , AND his dog has the croup , and last year he lost his … ‘ ’
2 The old milkman going down the road reading the paper is n't he ?
3 For example , if I measure a car traveling down the highway , I might think it had moved only one kilometer , but to someone on the sun , it would have moved about 1,800 kilometers , because the earth would have moved while the car was going down the road .
4 Silly , was n't it , when all I was doing was going down the road to the Post Office ?
5 I said that I feared going down the road of different regional governments having different tax rates .
6 Then I heard the front door close and the sound of his car going down the road .
7 N H S , Local Authorities , multi-nationals , are all going down the road local bargaining .
8 There is a perception amongst informed people in the community that there may well be a shortage of long stay beds in Leicestershire and you do need to bear in mind that the National Health Service is increasingly going down the road of not keeping people in hospitals longer than they have to because hospitals are perceived as being very , a very expensive way of providing beds and you have to take that into account because that 's a fairly clear national policy and you are likely to see an acceleration in that process from what I read in the national press .
9 Those who live with it day and night are now going down the road to compensation , and a legal battle with the Department of Transport .
10 There 's a funeral procession going down the road with hundreds of people following the hearse .
11 There 's a funeral procession going down the road with hundreds of people following the hearse .
12 The shadow home secretary , Tony Blair , claimed the plans were going down the road of centralised policing when the reverse was needed .
13 The shadow home secretary , Tony Blair , claimed the plans were going down the road of centralised policing when the reverse was needed .
14 You 're going down the road
15 I hope to God nobody 's acce a you know , going down the road and
16 well it 's not worth going down the road to come back up to that pub
17 The Renault five turbo going down the road and had a crash and it split in two did n't it ?
18 There may be a good relationship between management and employees in most companies , but if people are not prepared to go down the road together they will not be allowed to go down the road at all .
19 There may be a good relationship between management and employees in most companies , but if people are not prepared to go down the road together they will not be allowed to go down the road at all .
20 Will the Government take action to stop the charging of top-up fees , or will they allow universities to go down the road of pay-as-you-learn ?
21 I advise the hon. Member for Eastbourne ( Mr. Bellotti ) to go down the road to the district of Adur where , for similar services in a similar area , people pay £266 .
22 I I I do n't want to go down the road to the same extent that they 've done , when they put us into debt by fifty er fifty billion o o o o o o o just on on on one day , but I 'm sure that there is a a strong case to look
23 If she wants to go down the road making life more unpleasant then then we got down that road as well and she 'll be the loser
24 If Scotland goes down the road mapped out by them , there would be no return journey ; no turning back . ’
25 I 've heard in fac er in my factory , I 've heard it in other places , right , when a temporary l temporary or casual worker goes down the road , or a part-timer work 's cut short , ah it 's only a casual and he only expected to be here for a few weeks .
26 He went down the road to the junction to look for a taxi .
27 Anna went down the road to post her letter , for she had written a letter to accompany the cheque , in which she reiterated her sorrow about the death of the cat and added that if there was anything she could do , Miss Jakob had only to let her know .
28 When they went down the road the air was getting pleasant .
29 Went down the road and he came back with a video .
30 Erm , you went down the road , you remember we showed the slide that said policy reviews ?
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