Example sentences of "go [prep] a [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the one thing that you must never do is to go between a cow and her calf and I made this mistake one morning and I had to take to my heals and run . |
| 2 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 3 | In the Paris of the 19th century , it was a pleasure to go for a stroll and to be delighted by the public buildings . |
| 4 | How come the board have allowed Cuntona to go for a sing and a prayer ? |
| 5 | You know cos the woman I was with wanted to go for a swim and I said no you ca n't this guy , so I went up to him , I said what , what on earth are you fishing for ? |
| 6 | And they 'll actually sit down and work that out for people and encourage them to go for a job and give them all the forms they need to claim Family Credit or whatever . |
| 7 | Then he walked over and told me that a Corporal from the Foreign Legion recruiting office at Lille would come to pick me up in two hours ; until then I was free to go for a walk and get something to eat . |
| 8 | I 'm not that way inclined , I like to go for a walk and have the fresh air on me and everything . |
| 9 | The facts are : Lady Eleanor kept to herself , put on her cloak to go for a walk and , in the half-light , slipped on the staircase at Godstowe , fell and broke her neck . ’ |
| 10 | My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home … |
| 11 | It is more likely the Goblin will be smashed apart — which although sad is considered a good way to go for a Goblin and infinitely better than being eaten by a peckish troll . |
| 12 | Perhaps it goes through a tunnel and squirts itself out into another universe somewhere else . |
| 13 | Take the footpath between the hedge and the gravestones to go through a gate and along a grassy path . |
| 14 | And what goes for a right and a liberty is also true of the other cornerstones of moral language : duty , obligation , right , wrong . |
| 15 | They could get hot water , but only after the fire had been going for a while and the back boiler had heated up . |
| 16 | I felt like going for a ride and when I saw you take horse I followed , seeking companionship . |
| 17 | Rather than , sort of , go from Manchester by plane what , they decided they 'd drive down and take the car over so we were supposed to be going for a meal and they said , where shall we go for a meal ? |
| 18 | So nothing could be more natural than going for a walk and holding hands with mum . |
| 19 | I remember driving down to Leith on that Friday night , and just going for a walk and thinking that the next time the sun came up I would be playing at Murrayfield . |
| 20 | And it was going , but she doing something and she the Lady seen her going through a corridor and she said to her , Run Annie run . |
| 21 | For example , Skinner argues that , to the extent that the thirsty person receives a drink after going into a pub and requesting ‘ a pint of beer ’ , that behaviour , requesting a pint of beer , is reinforced . |
| 22 | You would n't dream of going into a restaurant and just ordering ‘ a meal please ’ . |
| 23 | I think he must be gay , I mean going into a monastery and not having anything to do with women and wearing a cravat |
| 24 | If there was any trouble where a young policeman was concerned , she would get going with a whistle and summon assistance . |
| 25 | I mean you get people like that , they 're not going onto a site and pay out money , it 's just ridiculous . |
| 26 | I 'm going on a sun and sand holiday in Greece for a week . |
| 27 | it 's not just like going going on a bus and but erm my daughter 's very generous and seeing that we we get to her and we spend about three months with her . |
| 28 | I remember , at the close of the fifties , going to a hairdresser and praying that he would n't talk . |
| 29 | Maggie was going to a dance and she was taking Mona and Sheila . |
| 30 | I 'm going to a party and I 'm going to take a monkey . |