Example sentences of "go [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must know how to go about a revision of this kind . |
| 2 | The sensation therefore was immense when he abandoned cricket , and a life of wealth and ease , to go as a missionary to China . |
| 3 | I think we 're going to go as a council in the direction of not answering letters on time . |
| 4 | I feel sorry for the Tories , they will only be able to go for a cruise around the world once instead of two or three times a year . |
| 5 | It was his habit to go for a run round his island every day before breakfast , and that morning , because rain was forecast for the rest of the day , he 'd taken advantage of the brief spell of fine weather early on to gather up driftwood from the beach after his run . |
| 6 | ‘ What I 'd really like to do now is to go for a drink with you . |
| 7 | To go for a drive in a boyfriend 's car seemed the height of sophistication . |
| 8 | After my exam , I would like to go for a course at the Outward Bound School where I can learn many new things . |
| 9 | As we continued to stare at the sea , racking our brains about how to go for a swim without a costume , our thoughts were answered by a voice from just behind us . |
| 10 | Today by some bonus of chance they were being left there to enjoy it and had not been interrupted with a call for tea or to go for a swim with Dad who had just come home . |
| 11 | Stretching to ease tired muscles , she debated whether to go for a swim in the pool or opt for a long soak in a warm scented bath . |
| 12 | If they like it , the answer is to go for a swim by buying PEPs , ’ says Amanda . |
| 13 | There 's nowhere for him to go for a bit of company — he wo n't go to the day hospital because he thinks they 'll make him take drugs . |
| 14 | Um and erm I was just wondering y'know kind of erm often when I write questionnaires I like to go for a sort of more kind of rather less declarative statements . |
| 15 | We decide to go for a ride on the lake and rush to harness the dogs . |
| 16 | He practically invited you to go for a ride in his car . |
| 17 | Sometimes I used to go for a pee at this point . |
| 18 | Bunny , Martin and the other two girls decided to go for a meal in a Swedish restaurant Bunny said he knew in Lisson Grove , the Dead Zone between the Edgware Road and Lord 's Cricket Ground . |
| 19 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 20 | He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill . |
| 21 | We need to shift to the procedure that we would probably have and a tell me if I 'm wrong I thought there was a sort of general agreement without it being sort of firmly agreed that we were going to go for a format of subject specific reports still coming to form tutor who would complete some sort of general report , is that |
| 22 | We considered various possibilities , but as neither of us could drive far and neither of us could face airport hassle , we decided to go for a week to Wales . |
| 23 | ‘ They 'd probably need to go for a week in the Bahamas afterwards , just to get over it . ’ |
| 24 | I would n't like to go for a week in silence . |
| 25 | As Miss Barraclough says , there 's nowhere else to go for a star like me . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's hardly petty to want to be able to go for a walk along a public right of way . |
| 27 | In the 1950s two social investigators reported the reluctance of a working class informant to go for a walk with his family on a middle class housing estate because ‘ they look at you and say , Oh look at all those children ! ’ |
| 28 | Teesside Crown Court was told Ninham had offered to give the boys money for fireworks and encouraged them to go for a walk with him and his dog . |
| 29 | We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner . |
| 30 | This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere . |