Example sentences of "go [adv prt] under the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think it needs to go down under the barrier act . |
| 2 | He does n't know of the possibly criminal activities which may be going on under the cover of the Ingard group — and I can t at present discuss such matters with him . |
| 3 | More importantly , it reflects his laconic style , and what was going on under the surface : |
| 4 | Obviously , she thought sourly , checking to make sure that no hanky-panky was going on under the table between Piers and her , or else he was still so infatuated that he could n't bear not to look at her for too long . |
| 5 | And they sat in the car with the windows down in the freezing dawn and they watched the distant city lights going out under the dawn at five in the morning , they sat there for a full half hour , looking , and thinking how beautiful the city looked at this time and at this distance … |
| 6 | Sitting in the back of the car I watched the suburbs going by under the street lights . |
| 7 | In some organisations all letters have to go out under the signature of a senior manager while in others designated employees can sign their own letters . |
| 8 | But he strongly disapproved of the proselytizing that went on under the cloak of humanitarianism . |
| 9 | Whatever it was , she could do nothing about it herself , since she had n't the remotest idea what went on under the bonnet of the Renault . |
| 10 | The boat went on without her and a few seconds later went down under the water . |
| 11 | Moderator I am not convinced that in rejecting the legislation that went down under the Barrier Act , presbyteries were merely endorsing the status quo . |
| 12 | I took a pile of the French and American magazines that lay on a table in the corner and went out under the colonnade . |
| 13 | ‘ Killer blah , ’ he said in a strange tone of voice that I took to be a warning so I went back under the chair . |
| 14 | Go back under the sea ! ’ |
| 15 | Ideas have to begin somewhere , a point which tends to be overlooked by those who seize on leaked internal government memoranda floating a proposal at a formative stage of the idea and criticize both the content of the proposal and the secrecy which surrounds it , without reflecting that ideas have to be shaped by discussion and given preliminary approval as worthy of examination before they can go out under the imprimatur of the organizing body . |