Example sentences of "of go [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it took a couple of goes to get the ball in the net . |
| 2 | He rose with the intention of going to light the lamp , which was in its usual place in the centre of the table . |
| 3 | Deane seems to have to problem of going to collect the ball on the wings and as a result he 's never in the centre when the ball comes across — I hope someone will tell him that centre forwards are supposed to hang around near the goal . |
| 4 | The habit of going to see the movie — that sophisticated notion — no , people went to ‘ the pictures ’ , they did n't go to see such-and-such a film . |
| 5 | instead of going use the garage . |
| 6 | I was given the job of going to fetch the agent , but Dad offered to go and so I went with him . |