Example sentences of "go [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Recall Fodor 's example of blinking when a good friend goes to poke us in the eye . ) |
| 2 | That this person should harbour aggressive feelings towards you is unimaginable , but then suddenly , she goes to poke you in the eye — and you blink . |
| 3 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 4 | It may be that Borg realised quite soon that family life was not going to carry him through the great silence left behind by his renunciation of that terrible drug , competitiveness . |
| 5 | The trouble was that very few members of the audience at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , understood either what he was saying or why they had spent the money on going to see him in the first place . |
| 6 | But now he was going to see her in the flesh . |
| 7 | There is a funicular in Ellmau and a chairlift in Going to whisk you up the mountain and the views . |
| 8 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 9 | Procter 's anger at this annoyed Lloyd so much that he told his captain he was going to hit him over the pavilion ; and he did just that — next ball . |
| 10 | And I was very worried because the lady that was going to be paying for the job was just down there and if we were n't careful we were going to kill her with the wardrobe . |
| 11 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 12 | The man was going to meet me at the bottom of Ber Street . |
| 13 | She fixed her star-like eyes upon my face and startled me with the question , ‘ When are you going to meet me underneath the trees ? ’ |
| 14 | I was going to write it on the board for you |
| 15 | this freedom we talk about is worthy of their support because it is for them we fight ; it is for the establishment of a social system that is going to provide them with the opportunity and the means to develop all that is best in them and the Nation . |
| 16 | If she 's not careful , her poor old taxi is going to find itself off the road for a week . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not going to stop the abuse of power , it 's just going to restrict it to the highest level . |
| 18 | We 're going to lock ourselves inside the fragile skin of a small floating home , and all of us , three of us anyway , at odds and full of motives I did n't understand . |
| 19 | He was going to sack me on the spot . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's something he 's had for some time , but I was always going to play him despite the trouble and the fact he 's one booking away from a ban . ’ |
| 21 | I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him . |
| 22 | ‘ There is not a shadow of a doubt that we are going to win this election and that we are going to win it with the strongest possible representation in this region . |
| 23 | Well , if that 's going to help them with the money , then they wo n't charge for extra televisions . |
| 24 | And my father 's said he 's going to help me with the fees , so it 's all going to work out . ’ |
| 25 | We 're going to adopt him , you see , and he 's going to help me with the farm work . ’ |
| 26 | and the fact you 're going to help her with the dinner , huh |
| 27 | Can I ask , I know we 've got Amanda Root here , who 's going to help us in the Health Action Area Report , I also know that she has an ailing child , can we then take the item eleven , health action areas now on page fifty-eight , so that we can let Amanda go back to her commitments . |
| 28 | Uncle Harry was going to cast her as the hitchhiker in Mondo Desire . |
| 29 | IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman . |
| 30 | Because he 's going to give it to the manager |