Example sentences of "was [adj] go [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | She was free to go as close to the man 's music as she dared , to stare as long as she wanted , to dance on the kerb right beside him where he seemed so tall he almost blacked out the sky , and the music so overwhelming you could hear nothing else . |
2 | Objectively , Karen was prepared to go almost as far as her predecessor , and her eager greed more than made up for the thrill I used to get from subjecting dogged , cow-like Manuela to the same routines . |
3 | Only her brother was willing to go home early , towing a child and a fat pony . |
4 | I wanted to sail to the Canary Islands , but I was afraid to go too far from the shore . |
5 | For once , she was reluctant to go straight home to Islington . |
6 | The French king , with fewer resources , was reluctant to go so far . |
7 | In the end I was unable to go any further with it because Of an inflamed tendon in one Of my hands . |
8 | Soon I was ready to go home again — by land . |