Example sentences of "go [adv] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The servant , a white-coated padder trained for the infrequent appearance of people like us , goes off on the long march to the kitchens . |
| 2 | Etna , on the island of Sicily , has been whooshing and thumping away in one or other of its twin summit craters intermittently for hundreds of years — Milton refers to it as ‘ Thundering Aetna ’ in Paradise Lost — and the lurid spectacle of gouts of lava being ejected from the crater every few minutes makes an odd contrast with the winter sports going on on the smooth , snowy slopes beneath the summit . |
| 3 | But i it depends Terry with everybody 's going down on the urgent work ones which is putting the normal service |
| 4 | That well Lil and Nev going up on the mini break |
| 5 | Hello there … this week summer sport has brought us to the south coast to take a look at a sailing revolution that 's being pioneered from the heartland of Central South … we 're going out on the solent to sea test a boat which is reckoned to be the formula one of the water |
| 6 | ‘ You 're going back on the defensive , Mark . |
| 7 | Stick you head out the window and there 's puke going everywhere on the parked cars and people 's faces |
| 8 | Mr Kinnock was at his best when going easier on the general outrage , and harder on the specific details of the operation . |
| 9 | The former James Bond star got stagefright only weeks before the curtain was due to go up on the original West End show and made a shock exit . |
| 10 | This time bomb is ticking away , colleagues , and in about twenty years ' time , we 'll be back to where we were we 'll have a lot of people who 've got small pensions , based on their previous employment with a health authority or a local authority , British Gas or the electricity companies then they 've had to go out on the open market and they will be under-funded and have inadequate pension when they retire . |
| 11 | Life was not quite a state of nature or a question of the survival of the fittest , but in times of no food parcels the partition separating us from that state was unpleasantly thin and even at the best of times it was thin enough to be able to hear most of what went on on the other side . |
| 12 | It would not be proper or right for me to discuss what went on on the specific issues in the Cabinet and I do n't wish to do so . |
| 13 | ‘ We did n't go in on the free travel promotion because many of the deals involved British Rail and we do n't have it here , ’ she said . |
| 14 | I say , like I say I just just red er paint summat like , these are white these and just go down on the red and just up there and just up here , just get your displays |
| 15 | Carey went over on the right ankle during a friendly game with Armagh a fortnight ago , and is still gingerly finding his way back to full fitness . |
| 16 | Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer . |
| 17 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 18 | Go upwards and stand on top of the wall ( above the window ) , go to the left of the wall and paint some ledges , then go onto the wall on the left , go left and shoot the switch , go up on the painted ledges and head right along the wall above you , go up on the trampoline and paint the button , go left along the passage , jump onto the trampoline , and from there onto the ledge on the left wall , jump to collect the painting , fall down and go up on the right of the window ( paint some ledges ) . |
| 19 | Go right and collect the painting , go left , down , and right along the passage , go down and left along the passage , go down and right along the passage , fall down the gap , and then down again into the clouds , go back to the start , go right and down , go left to the switch , go up on the painted walls , go left and collect the painting , fall down , go right and up on the stairs from the cauldron , go right and into the painting board to complete the level . |
| 20 | on well you go up on the left side . |
| 21 | trying to turn the tables again so that he would stop feeling uncomfortable and Starke would go back on the defensive . |
| 22 | He went back on the last-minute promise to them to delay the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 23 | Oxford Regional Health Authority explained why it went back on the original decision saying , ’ We understood that the law said quite clearly the health authority could not provide treatment in private homes . |
| 24 | In addition , the present range of Gaelic evening programmes will go out on the new frequency . |
| 25 | You went well on the young ladies ! |
| 26 | All went well on the long trip to the Jebel mountains and from there the intrepid raiding party set off for their target . |
| 27 | But as the cockboat went aground on the sandy beach and the six men heaved it above the high-water mark , Harry saw that Sam was not with them , and by the expressions on their faces , he knew that something was wrong . |
| 28 | Who were the two characters who ‘ went by on the other side ’ in the Parable of the Good Samaritan ? |