Example sentences of "[pers pn] go ahead [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He told me to go ahead and finish it . ’
2 May I go ahead and place an order for this model ?
3 Should I go ahead and stab them or just scare them ?
4 I recently lost three stone in weight and wondered how else I could improve myself and I was lucky in that I had had a mastectomy for a cancer about seven years ago , so I went ahead and had breast reconstruction .
5 The enclosed pamphlet continues to flatter me , explaining that since nobody ever promised me a rose garden , I went ahead and grew my own .
6 I went ahead and asked all the usual questions but I knew the answers already .
7 For example , you mentioned the need for public liability insurance , so I went ahead and arranged that ; I also had signs made saying ‘ Caution : Work in Progress ’ , as you recommended ; I took care to explain to the volunteers to avoid disturbing the kicking stones , and to avoid making heaps of spoil so as not to impede the grass cutter .
8 Accordingly I went ahead and circulated all potential volunteers with a call for the weekends of June 12-13 and June 19-20 , which at the time was two months away and I assumed this would allow enough time for SNH approval to come through .
9 In fact , since I had already made my holiday plans , I went ahead and paid my second visit to the railway , together with my wife and eldest daughter .
10 Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready .
11 while they 're away , well , she never , she was quite happy to let you go ahead and do it she said , the only thing was , she said she 'd miss having the privacy in that corner because of being overlooked at the back .
12 I say , ‘ You go ahead and use the bathroom because I 'm not quite ready . ’
13 " And you go ahead and take the rest of these cigarettes , why do n't you ?
14 You go ahead and go out with Nigel Westwood whenever you like .
15 However there are , of course , some very good coroners who say to the inspector at the outset , ‘ You go ahead and do your job of investigating the cause of the accident and I will carry out my formal inquiry into the cause of death , and in those areas where our activities tend to overlap let us co-operate together but equally let us not interfere with each other in respect of those matters in which we are not qualified to make judgements . ’
16 ‘ I suggest you go ahead and do that .
17 ‘ I did n't realise that animals were not supposed to have personalities , or to think or to feel emotions or pain , ’ she recalls — which is just as well , since she went ahead and recorded what she observed , instead of what she was supposed to observe .
18 But if we go ahead as planned , then Miranda will own forty-five per cent — a minority holding — and after acquiring her shares , and taking up your rights issue , you will own thirty per cent . ’
19 We 're glad we went ahead and found out about research and about how parents perceive our work .
20 So we went ahead as planned : Beryl , Cathy Carne — you 've met Cathy ?
21 Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me .
22 Nevertheless , one of their licencees had requested this and , since it was a lucrative contract , Bernard had told him to go ahead and produce it .
23 We entered the Manston circuit and found two Stirlings demanding emergency landings and I recognised the voice of one of my lads , Desmond Ince , and I told him to go ahead and take my turn to land .
24 My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself .
25 They went ahead and applied to Hesel Heseltine , who agreed to let them build the power station .
26 Once before they went ahead and believed , but it was a leap of faith with no questions asked and they fell and were hurt .
27 So naturally they went ahead and did it anyway , without Waite 's knowledge .
28 In this they might have taken heed of the Reich 's experience , but instead they went ahead and repeated that experience in miniature .
29 The Communist Party , he told Mr Gysi , would be making a serious error if he went ahead and fought the planned May elections on a manifesto which simply warned reunification would be a victory for the right .
30 Our press date prevents us giving details of this run but it must have been quite a spectacle if it went ahead as reported , and would have provided a fitting finale to an outstanding season of operations .
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