Example sentences of "[noun sg] to go on the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're after an excuse to go on the prowl round those fashion-shops again — is n't that the truth of it ? ’
2 One of the events which shook her most of all was the occasion upon which her mother gave her permission to go on the school trip to Paris .
3 With respect to the reason for Molla Fenari 's going on the pilgrimage , he writes that an invasion of Edirne and its environs by the combined forces of Seyh Bedreddin and Duzme Mustafa led Molla Fenari to seek permission to go on the pilgrimage , though it is not clear whether Husameddin means that simply the fact of the invasion or that Molla Fenari 's supposed complicity with Seyh Bedreddin led him to decide to " remove himself from the scene : in any case both the circumstances and the chronology of events in the period are too uncertain to allow one to evaluate the argument properly .
4 According to Lord Wilson , the most recent premier to go on the record about the conventions of minute-taking , ‘ the writing of the Conclusions is the unique responsibility of the Secretary of the Cabinet … .
5 Leading Tory Lady Olga Maitland had been pencilled in by the South Belfast Conservative Association to go on the hustings with candidates last weekend .
6 The painting of July 1890 , executed just days before van Gogh killed himself , and France 's first historic monument to go on the block , was sold on 6 December by Jean-Claude Binoche to French banker and businessman Jean-Marc Vernes .
7 Sometimes the intention to go on the Pill is there , but it is put off until next week , or until their sixteenth birthday .
8 A number of newspapers claimed the Princess was forced by the Queen to go on the tour against her will , as a way of demonstrating there was no rift between her and the Prince .
9 Mills does n't expect REM to go on the road until after their 1993 record is released .
10 Percentage for Art and the people behind it believe it 's time th the time has come for art to go on the offensive .
11 Now there is another day to go on the Conference .
12 She wants to run through them all and then you 've got to fill in a piece of paper on which three pieces you 'd like to do , and al you know , she wants the cheque and full details of what name to go on the certificate and that sort of thing .
13 Lorna Marsh initially turned down the chance to go on the trip when she found out that Bingo The Clown would be joining them .
14 They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk .
15 But she declined an offer to go on the treadmill herself , telling patients : ‘ No thank you .
16 The yard is n't the only redundant MoD property in the area to go on the market .
17 Lay the yarn on a sheet or similar ( you do NOT want this spray to go on the carpet , it makes it slippery ! ) and spray it fairly well .
18 James you 've got a licence to go on the air have n't you ?
19 The first major work by the artist to go on the block since ‘ Portrait du Dr Gachet ’ reached the world record sum of $82,500,000 ( £43,107,142 ) at Christie 's New York in May 1990 , ‘ Jardin à Auvers ’ was classified as a monument historique in July 1989 French museums possess only a meagre twenty-five paintings by Van Gogh out of a total output of 879 works .
20 Lyn put a cloth on a tray and laid it and on an impulse picked a small blue iris and put it in a vase to go on the tray as well .
21 D , otherwise we 're not gon na have time to go on the computer
22 Obviously completing joint statements booking in time to go on the computers to get them typed up nicely
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