Example sentences of "go [adv] a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If someone could wave a magic wand , and I could change something , I think I 'd like to go down a couple of cup sizes . |
| 2 | Some , through failing health or eyesight , were obliged to go down a couple of rungs on the ladder however , and there are an increasing number of cases in the 1940s of former compositors working as copy-holders for lower pay . |
| 3 | Paul battered John after going on a night of ‘ louting ’ . |
| 4 | She took her time over it , waiting until she was sure no one wanted to use the bathroom , and going downstairs a couple of times for drinks and stories with Sylvia . |
| 5 | I 've even missed going out a couple of nights . ’ |
| 6 | So it will just mean that on those cases , on approximately forty , their arrears letter will be going out a couple of weeks late . |
| 7 | Going back a couple of generations we find that our buying and selling prices of Rodin , Bourdelle , Maillol and their period depend precisely on subject and availability . |
| 8 | But , as we have evidence going back a number of years the reactor is in such poor condition that there is no way they could safely operate the current requirement of the modern government standard . |
| 9 | Aye , I 'm going back a lot of years ago |
| 10 | Very , very high gear on it , we used to go out a couple of us |
| 11 | Of course the trouble with boats on a rising tide is that when the tide goes out a lot of those boats are left high and dry . |
| 12 | We 're walking past this telly shop when Marie suddenly stops and goes back a couple of steps . |
| 13 | So the the Yes it 's been going back a the the name , the firm in that sense I think goes back a lot of years . |
| 14 | Oh I 'd forgotten about that , right I had to go back a couple of times did n't I Bev ? |
| 15 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 16 | order the parts and everything , so I went down a couple of days later I said just for curiosity what 's , what 's it gon na cost us this bloody lot ? |
| 17 | They went down a flight of steps on the river walk . |
| 18 | Erm you go down a bit of a lane and it 's gets you on the through road does n't it ? |
| 19 | Erm but I mean they went away a couple of weeks ago down to where Dave 's brother was buried in Isle of Wight |
| 20 | He went out a couple of hours ago . |
| 21 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 22 | When he had turned two corners and gone about a quarter of a mile , he gave Dann the pistol . |
| 23 | I saw it happen once to a dear old woman who went around a group of people , gently offering her book , and everyone signed except one . |
| 24 | The task " work out how many shaded squares will go round a line of 50 unshaded squares ' , implicitly suggested the use of a generalization strategy for its completion . |