Example sentences of "go [adv] [prep] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm then it goes on about quite a bit of this Erm perception and decoding of the speech style er talking about er Martin and Giles . |
| 2 | And this actually goes down to about a hundred and eighty horsepower in some applications . |
| 3 | It was not until the bombing had been going on for almost a week that the Iraqi foreign minister issued a protest . |
| 4 | Efforts to find a suitable site for the Vintage & Rotary Wing Collection , with workshops in Stoke-on-Trent , have been going on for quite a while , but the reaction has always been negative — we even had the comment that ‘ We do n't want an aircraft scrapyard here ! ’ |
| 5 | Going away for just a day before Christmas to visit a friend or relative , just to let Alan Markby and Laura Danby know that she did have someone else , would bolster her morale . |
| 6 | The Davidsons ' publicist Clifford Elson said last night : ‘ Jim 's going away for quite a while over Christmas which will give the situation a chance to defuse . |
| 7 | I was quite pleased to be back home but I missed the excitement of the trips and wanted to go back for just a few more days . |
| 8 | Er right , could we go on to perhaps a less emotive issue . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the negotiations between the three publishers jostling for position went on for over a year without reaching a conclusion : ‘ It was very difficult to find common ground and make sure that everyone had their fair share . ’ |
| 10 | The war went on for over a thousand years . |
| 11 | The power struggle went on for about a minute , then the Archon sat down . |
| 12 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 13 | That went on for quite a long time |
| 14 | The Factor named a price , Antinou countered and so it went on for quite a while . |
| 15 | This went on for quite a while before it spoke again . |
| 16 | But this was this big case was on you know , and it went on A big lawsuit it went on for quite a while . |
| 17 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 18 | But she knew at once why I had asked and went on with hardly a break for punctuation , ‘ Well , love , what 's with you ? |
| 19 | He 'd gone home after about a year of occupation . |
| 20 | They had n't let him go home for nearly a week ; there was no way he could have coped with his freedom or his family . |
| 21 | A cheer went up with only a single shout of ‘ Shame ! ’ — and recognizing defeat , Will turned and fled without carrying out his threat . |
| 22 | We reckon in about four and a half years I should have gone up at least a grade , so , allowing for the usual increments , and assuming that the mortgage rate does n't rise above the present eleven per cent , I should think we could afford to let Juliet stop work then . ’ |
| 23 | I went out with quite a lot of men before I met Stuart . |
| 24 | This was no understatement : the problem went back at least a century to the ‘ Black Assize ’ at Oxford where ‘ all who were present died in 40 hours ; the Lord Chief Baron , the Sheriff and about 300 more ’ ( Pettifer 1939 : 17 ) . |
| 25 | I began confidently enough , with a humorous extract , but when the first couple of jokes went by with never a chuckle from the audience , I became nervous . |