Example sentences of "the [noun sg] go [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The differentiation went one stage further because Galileo found it necessary to distinguish two senses in which a biblical text could be construed . |
| 2 | The index goes some way to overcoming these problems . |
| 3 | But the story goes that money speaks , and some people , some parents , if they get hit in the pocket , will probably take more notice of their child , |
| 4 | But through sensitive playing and a warm humorous script by Bennett , the play went some way to portraying the normality of life with a daughter who is ‘ not quite right ’ . |
| 5 | And when Travis seemed absolutely stumped for words , she could do no other than fill what would have been an awkward silence with , ‘ I could probably make the lasagne go three ways if … ’ |
| 6 | Oh aye but when the bloke went next door to Jimmy 's , he , he said where 's your vent and Jimmy says there it is up there , ah , and he got up there |
| 7 | The flotation went some way to offset criticism of the Nigerian government in a World Bank report , the details of which were given in the Financial Times of March 16 . |
| 8 | In the early 1980s the process went one stage further with the Bank buying commercial bills as a means of providing assistance in the money market ; the need for this was exacerbated by the policy of overfunding the PSBR to reduce broad money growth . |
| 9 | Before the new names can go in the pot , the ones that have remained in it for the two years have to come out so , after a brief introduction by the chairman of the trustees and the vicar , the three keyholders leave the room to go next door to the church where the chest is kept . |
| 10 | It is difficult to avoid the comparison with present day Germany in relation to the other states of the EC and the quotation goes some way to explaining the motives for closer integration . |
| 11 | Right the reaction goes both ways . |
| 12 | I heard the buzzer go four times . |
| 13 | ‘ How did the counselling go this week ? ’ she asks . |
| 14 | the phone goes this morning , hop of Daisy , goes to answer it , Santa 's Grotto he says , a member of the public phoning to say that they found a child 's bag in the high street . |
| 15 | Had to laugh yesterday towards the end of er our round , it was really tipping down , misty , fog , could n't see a hundred yards I had this almighty s I said well I 'll let the six iron , I did this almighty swing the ball went one way and the club went right up the top of a tree . |
| 16 | ‘ The other went this way , ’ and once more he pointed to the spot where Allen had hidden . |
| 17 | cos the red goes straight line always , does n't matter whether you hit it like that , that , that , that , that red ball will always |
| 18 | Well , Seltzer , the soft drink in the see-through can , has joined forces with Esquire to offer three readers ( plus a friend each ) the chance to go bungy jumping . |
| 19 | RICHARD CORSIE 's hopes of becoming the first player to secure a third World Indoor singles title since the game went open back in 1981 remained intact yesterday . |
| 20 | RICHARD CORSIE 's hopes of becoming the first player to secure a third World Indoor singles title since the game went open back in 1981 remained intact yesterday . |
| 21 | And therefore it was wrong because the argument goes that liberalism and nationalism are the great triumphant er ideologies of the nineteenth century and the Vienna settlement 's not only wrong , but it was historically erm in a sense doomed because it was trying to oppose the growing erm unstoppable er ideologies of er erm of er of Europe . |
| 22 | The idea , I have to keep telling people , is not to make the cork go jolly pop and thus provoke an ejaculatory mousse from the bottle . |
| 23 | The government went some way towards implementing some of the measures the Reports proposed in common , due largely to Winston Churchill 's initiative . |
| 24 | So , to play fast , you 're cruising along , you hit the turbo drive and then it 's cool , but if you start out of the gate going 1000 miles an hour , it 's not impressive any more . |
| 25 | The power structure and finances of the Church go some way towards explaining the management of its buildings . |
| 26 | And the man goes sorry mate we do n't do blood . |
| 27 | The draft went some way to meeting ANC demands for curbs on political parties and the security forces . |
| 28 | The letter goes some way to explaining the 14 months delay between June 1981 , when harmful side-effects from Opren were first reported to an international conference , and August 1982 when the drug was withdrawn . |
| 29 | The rumour going round college is that the body was in a right old mess . ’ |
| 30 | On this occasion the Star goes one stage further not only by stressing the similarities with The Fox but also by giving this new phenomenon an identity of his own — ‘ police have nicknamed him The White Fox ’ . |