Example sentences of "go [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctor trekked through the driving snow behind the girl , and then left her downstairs to go and tend to the mother . |
| 2 | Shortly after the end of the strike , Dobre left the valley to go and study at the Communist Party 's university in Bucharest , the Academy Stefan Gheorghe . |
| 3 | I mean do we want to go and stay with the children at camp or shall we stay home ? |
| 4 | The green grasshoppers fittingly tended to go and settle on the green backgrounds , and the yellow grasshoppers on the yellow . |
| 5 | He wondered whether he should ask Crumwallis to go and sit with the boarders in the dormitory , while he had a word with this young Freely . |
| 6 | I was going to go and sit by the river with Dorothy Wordsworth . |
| 7 | He had to go and sit in the woodshed and smoke it . |
| 8 | ‘ We used to go and sit in the park , on the river bank , and she 'd have a book and I 'd have a book … |
| 9 | Do you want to go and sit in the lounge , Joanna ? |
| 10 | The well-tested welfare organisation swung into gear , as the Welfare Officer once again climbed into her car to go and speak to the wife and assure her that temporary accommodation had been arranged for her and the family , and that the move from one house to another would be made as smooth as possible . |
| 11 | The Easter egg , overcome by heat , too much food , and an excess of wine , had to go and stand outside the door for a little fresh air , but came back full of verve and ready to tackle some of Willi 's bonbons that were scattered about the room in dishes in case anyone felt the need of more to eat . |
| 12 | so I , I used to , he used to take me home and then he used to go and stand in the queue |
| 13 | I mean we do n't whether she sort of it does n't say whether she volunteered to go and talk to the people in the school , but even so it 's quite it takes quite a lot of doing to stand up in front of a group of people you do n't know and talk about the work . |
| 14 | Yes I sha I shall have to go and talk to the tax people I know about er the the set up . |
| 15 | For most of those who link computing and boredom , the explanation is that they have to spend many working hours a day behind luminous screens endlessly tapping a plastic typewriter keyboard , after which they are usually fit only to go and goggle at the luminous screen in their living rooms every night . |
| 16 | The parents were then encouraged to go and check on the sister to let Mary see that they were concerned about her and were giving the sister attention . |
| 17 | They You used to go and walk on the face in a morning an and you 'd rap on the face with your pick and buggers are green , ther they 're not ripe yet . |
| 18 | No I did n't like to go and step on the ! |
| 19 | ‘ When the weather gets warmer she will be able to go and practise on the piano in the home of the Misses Montague — we will let her know when this is possible . ’ |
| 20 | On the other hand , I do n't want to go and retire in the country and grow cabbages , in order to prolong my life ! |
| 21 | Most of the men there had families or commitments in England , and while they would support the Irish cause in word and sometimes in deed , no-one ever seriously considered leaving everything to go and fight for the cause . |
| 22 | So it seemed a fairly straightforward move to go and work for the family firm . |
| 23 | In the meantime , the director who would have done it , who is a name director , has asked me to go and work at the RSC because she 's now busy for exactly that period of time . |
| 24 | It happened just at the time when the Tuscan peasants were abandoning their land to go and work in the factories . |
| 25 | This word ‘ gently ’ enhances the tenderness of the lines , while ‘ fields unsown ’ tells us that the man had to go and work in the fields , suggesting a strength and a vigour which he must have had and thereby making his death harder to accept . |
| 26 | And Gill gave her job to go and work in the shop and he would n't let her go and work in it . |
| 27 | I 'd like to go and work in the Old Bailey with a barrister |
| 28 | ‘ Because everybody goes and jumps in the river is no reason why we have to go and jump in the same river . ’ |
| 29 | I probably told him to go and jump in the river . ’ |
| 30 | A querulous voice told him to go and jump in the Thames so he knocked again and eventually the door swung open to reveal a tall , gaunt figure , dressed in a long robe of dyed brown fur . |