Example sentences of "go [adv prt] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And , you know , I have n't the faintest idea of what actually goes on at a baby farm . |
| 2 | Ah equally um , just to go off at a tangent a bit , um there 're a number of more radical theorists , in particular the um in the Bonnie Burstow book Radical Feminist Therapy , would say that um rather like with other forms of sexual crime , the people who 've been victimised , people who 've survived , are often inclined to say something along the lines of mm y'know did i did I bring it on myself kind of kind of feeling . |
| 3 | They 've seen the introduction of performance related pay , personal contracts , new working practices , pay freezes , pay cuts and always the fear of redundancy and all of this has been going on at a time when increasingly companies are withdrawing from national collective agreements , are establishing separate bargaining arrangements , restricting the activities of trade union officials and increasingly de-recognizing trade unions . |
| 4 | Removal of water through artesian wells is held to be the reason why the tower began going off at an angle soon after building work began in 1174 . |
| 5 | It is a replacement , we were losing that money erm because the , the water meter was going round at a pound an hour . |
| 6 | As a rule he was unobserved , as he took care to go out at a time when everyone in the house was occupied elsewhere . |
| 7 | Some of these ‘ emotional bindings ’ go on at a level below the surface of normal awareness . |
| 8 | And they go down at a bit at a time or it 'll go all the way down . |
| 9 | ‘ Some of it really moves me , and some of it cracks me up — kinda what you go through at a birthday party . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Some of it really moves me , and some of it cracks me up — kinda what you go through at a birthday party . ’ |
| 11 | If the spacing between the strands is uneven , or if they curve or go off at an angle , the knotting is irregular , and denotes a poor quality rug . |
| 12 | On the corner of the cul-de-sac they go off at an angle do n't they . |
| 13 | But , talk to Stevely on the subject of how well he has taught them and this most modest of men will go off at a tangent , drawing attention to the extent to which both girls have been prepared to work . |
| 14 | Erm tt whether that 's appropriate , you know , I 'm thinking of it as a first appointment just to get a general picture whereas you might be coming back to stir his memory for referrals by saying er , you know , er you mentioned here you 're a member of the squash club , do you remember I said I 'd be looking for introductions , maybe we 'll learn whether at the beginning of the second appointment you jog the memory there er you know in other words what I 'm do doing is keeping that in my mind , that you are remembering the squash club or whatever club it may be and use that later , although I did n't er elaborate on it at that , that er because I think you can go off at a tangent |
| 15 | Loretta 's mind went off at a tangent . |
| 16 | defendant with handicap of 24 hit ball with toe of his golf club , so that it went off at an angle of 30 degrees . |