Example sentences of "of they go [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Many of them go on to wonder if they could ever make a marriage .
2 But even in relation to those who are ultimately convicted , the fact that many of them go on to receive a non-custodial sentence — in 1999 the figures were 19.4 per cent in the Crown Court and 25.9 per cent in the magistrates ' courts — calls into question the need and justification for pre-trial detention on the present scale , particularly in view of the deplorable conditions in which most remand prisoners are held .
3 At the same time , as a result of Spanish-American fiction 's growing popularity , the work of the earlier writers mentioned became more widely known and some of them went on to enhance their reputation by producing new works in the 1960s and 1970s .
4 Many of them went on to fly , and some of them to die , for their country .
5 ‘ Then two older boys came along on bikes and one of them went off to get help . ’
6 Incidentally , the working pattern of these bodyguards , so it transpired over the following days , entailed one or the other of them going up to sleep at unusual hours so as to ensure at least one was on duty throughout the night .
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