Example sentences of "go on a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Beware if you are going on a pre-wedding diet . |
2 | Expecting a word processor operator to pick up the elements of design , typography and layout skills by simply going on a two-day course is just not realistic . |
3 | He had gone early because he was going on a surveying job . |
4 | He had been sentenced after going on a two-month crime spree . |
5 | Like going on a flat road , without putting the brake |
6 | I love going on a nice train journey ! |
7 | Diana said : ‘ Guess what , I 'm going on a shooting weekend to Sandringham . ’ |
8 | Quite apart from whatever Blenkinsop comes up with , I 'm going to get my chaps tomorrow to get going on a major investigation into the backgrounds of all these people . |
9 | The influence had already rubbed off on former team-mate Ally McCoist , who was dropped from a vital old firm derby in 1991 for going on a prohibited trip to the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
10 | As you know , the two of them have become good friends , and are going on a long holiday together . |
11 | If you 're going on a long journey alone , plan your route in advance using main roads as far as possible . |
12 | I 'm sure your husband appreciated from afar the care and ‘ antics ’ of you and your friends , the personal and loving touch that one would give to any loved one going on a long journey . ’ |
13 | ‘ It 's been going on a long time , Elaine . |
14 | because it 's been going on a long time . |
15 | But it was I mean you have to admit erm and I 'm I 'll bring Mr Power in and let him speak for himself , but you have to admit that it from what we 've just heard , it started in nineteen seventy four , it 's been going on a long time . |
16 | For me , going on a strict vegan diet where all animal products were banned , where there was no place for tea or coffee , where even fish , eggs , salt and sugar were forbidden , was like leaping from a warm bed into the icy seas of Antarctica . |
17 | She and Hamdi El-Menshawy , who recently set up home together , were going on a trekking holiday in Nepal . |
18 | Everyone knows — Pepe says he 's going on a foreign tour and wo n't be back for months . |
19 | SHANNEN Doherty has confessed to going on a six-month drink and drugs binge after running away at 18 to live with her 31-year-old boyfriend . |
20 | But he ca n't resist going on a teensy-weensy shopping spree with Marlon , which involves going into a jewellers , pretending to be gay and , to divert inquiries , sneezing copiously over an assistant who is terrified they are transmitting Aids . |
21 | For those of us who work at the power stations , the idea of going on a guided tour may seem daft . |
22 | Salesman Michael Luke , 36 , of Gateshead , Tyne and Wear , said : ‘ I 'm going on a sponsored run . |
23 | While all that agitation was going on a dual carriageway had been built between Aberdeen and Stonehaven . |
24 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
25 | Vividly picture going on a wonderful shopping spree , buying everything you have ever dreamt of , with great joy and exuberance . |
26 | The family were going on an early morning shopping trip to buy a surprise for their father Dennis 's 54th birthday . |
27 | No , I was told before I came on the course , you 're going on the course to learn to make maximum use out of it , you 're not going on an almighty second holiday and |
28 | You have to have an epic car if you 're going on an epic journey . ’ |
29 | She realised that she was feeling almost excited , as if she were going on an adventurous journey into unknown country . |
30 | You might call it dreaming in a vivid , realistic way , though the occultist would like to go further , and claim that it is the ‘ desire body ’ going on an independent solo excursion from the physical . |