Example sentences of "go [adv] on a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the story Melric goes off on a quest to various fellow magicians to seek help . |
| 2 | Now you 'll see him in a moment , he this guy driving he wants to go off on a slip road . |
| 3 | Er , yes , Mr Chairman , nationally it is going down , locally we 're , we 're going along on a plateau , erm , and in some areas it is actually go the incidence is going up , but this is basically like Scotland where they have n't got many anyway . |
| 4 | You going down on a weekend darling ? |
| 5 | It was rather pathetic sometimes because he was upset at somebody going down on a discipline charge and getting the sack . |
| 6 | About half a mile away an attack is going in on a hill , I can see Commandos advancing up the slopes , shells burst a short distance in front of the forward troops , probably covering fire from the British Artillery . |
| 7 | And if we draw a line it 's the analogy of someone pedalling on a bicycle , if you reach thirty five and you 're going up on a bicycle like that it 's reasonably steep but not too steep , you can cope with that on a regular basis . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just that we 're not a noise band , ’ adds Mike , ‘ we do n't jump around the place but we 're totally comfortable with going out on a stage . ’ |
| 9 | it 's you know , for the workers , they 're going out on a meal . |
| 10 | Take your own advantage of the difficult atmosphere by realizing that things can not get much worse so it is worth while going out on a limb to say what you want to say without worrying about causing a negative reaction ! |
| 11 | Royal Mail secretary Sarah McKay going out on a limb for charity |
| 12 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 13 | We have to go out on a call — kiddy stuck on some railings . |
| 14 | How does she manage to go out on a training run the same day as she has run a major marathon when most other competitors are sitting with their feet up savouring the rest ? |
| 15 | This Thursday evening at Exeter Hall in Kidlington , visitors will be able to go out on a demonstration with top traffic patrol drivers , and have their driving skills assessed by an advanced instructor . |
| 16 | Geoff Wragg , the trainer of those colts , said : ‘ It 's the end of an era and it 's nice to go out on a high . |
| 17 | ‘ But to go out on a limb and take any bunch of morons , just those that happened to be around when he met Plumpton , and propose that they should do this thing — that 's really sticking your neck out . |
| 18 | If he 's done anything really wicked I do n't think HMG would be prepared to go out on a limb on his behalf . |
| 19 | I 've had two or three I think , very rarely do we find them and shapers tend to go out on a limb they tend to want to lead they tend to want to control they want people to follow their way they do tend to be the people that dig in and say you know this is the way we do it . |
| 20 | Tom Lawlor , another noted Irish photographer , is on record as pointing out that too many photographers assume that every assignment requires the lensperson to be enveloped in a labyrinth of cameras , telescopic lenses and what-not , whereas he invariably goes out on a shoot with very basic equipment and no accessories . |
| 21 | But when you go in on a subject like philosophy , to jump in at that level how adjusted you are it 's difficult if you 've not got any academic background to suddenly come in and have to start doing it . |
| 22 | Why , Alida thought , in the middle of stripping bare the great bed , why I can go away on a holiday ! |
| 23 | And I can go away on a holiday at last . |
| 24 | " I ca n't just drop everything and go off on a picnic . " |
| 25 | When you go home on a lunch time , you do n't need it when you go home at lunchtime . |
| 26 | Yes , her mum and dad just gone off on a cruise for er , I do n't know |
| 27 | I know she became somewhat lonely because her husband , although he was a very hard worker , would go off on a spree for some days at a time . |
| 28 | They never get a day off , nobody thinks of letting them go off on a training course , they never get the chance to keep up and yet they are expected to be the fount of all knowledge . |
| 29 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 30 | That being an impossible expectation , I went off on a tack and remarked that he 'd been lucky , as a politician , that he was also a natural entertainer . |