Example sentences of "go [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 With almost two weeks still to go the race for the seat is far from over .
2 Since most Christian teachers are kind persons who prefer to avoid controversy when they can , and doodle anxiously during fierce argument at meetings , things tended to go the way of Bethune-Baker ; partly because he was devastating , and partly because often he was devastatingly right .
3 You could argue — and some do — that such puddings ought to go the way of the dodo now that we all lead more sedentary and centrally heated lives .
4 Do n't want her to go the way of Baby , do you now ? ’
5 Even in Kyrgyzstan , one of two republics trying to go the way of democracy and keep the fundamentalists at bay , the Slavs are packing their bags .
6 Voices were raised in support of rounding up all foreigners , but the government was unwilling to go the way of its predecessor in the first world war and order a general internment .
7 ‘ To gain access to the question of Being-on-drugs we have had to go the way of literature , ’ Avital Ronell proclaims .
8 Or is the idea merely a piece of folklore belief , sustained over the centuries by an inexact understanding of the quality of lunacy and destined to go the way of other popular myths , such as phrenology , astrology , and Mesmerism ?
9 In a letter to Horsley nine days later he wrote : ‘ I believe that if the decision is made to go the way of the Sun , the tragedy will be of historic proportions .
10 We refuse to accept the human and inevitable tragedy of aging , even in the case of contemporary art , which we condemn to an unwanted permanence , despite its attempt to go the way of all flesh .
11 Ken himself would have gone along with Michael Codron 's judgement of being the finest revue actor of the day — not realizing that revue was about to go the way of music hall .
12 He eventually let go of me and I had to go the bottom of the baths and bring him to the surface , take him to the side and get him breathing again , and I was considered a failure for that .
13 Ali failed to go the route for the first time in his career .
14 It was all very well for Bragg to instruct him to go the rounds of prostitutes ' haunts , but he had precious little idea of how to go about it .
15 He had businesses in the North and used regularly at this time of year at the end of the summer sales , to go the rounds of his shops , take stock , examine the books , and so on .
16 Like she was high , not on booze or pills but some of that good mellow shit that used to go the rounds at the first dinner parties I ever went to , at Liza 's place , when the world was young and lovable .
17 ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’
18 Warning that workers at the mine could suffer from silicosis and that dust from the mine could have a devastating effect on the local soil chemistry , Mr Wilson said it was cheaper to manufacture andalusite artificially , and wondered why Navan Resources wished to go the expense of mining it : ‘ To make it in any way economically feasible to mine this , it would have to represent over 30 per cent of the total of the rock formation of the mountain and this means that almost one third of your mountain would disappear ’ .
19 She was left to bring up a family she had to go the banks for money the banks were all and they refused her money to keep the farm going .
20 Out goes the stereotype of the egghead with staring eyes trying to see through bottle-end glasses .
21 On goes the road in a series of turns and twists and interesting situations , with intriguing glimpses of the coast and the wide sweep of Eddrachillis Bay , and then the vast seascape is fully revealed as the road comes alongside the lovely Clashnessie Bay , bounded and sheltered in the west by a peninsula that thrusts far out to sea and ends at the rocky Point of Stoer .
22 But I am terrified of taking him home to meet the family and particularly my sister , in case he goes the way of all the others .
23 ‘ What ever you want to be in life , you want to be with Prudential , ’ goes the slogan from the country 's largest pensions and life assurance provider .
24 ‘ The wild duck wherries to the distant flood … ''Whizz goes the peewit o'er the ploughman 's team/ with many a whew and whirl and sudden scream … ’ 'A sedge bird built its little benty nest/ close by the meadow-pool and wooden brig … ’
25 Crack , goes the grill beside me .
26 ‘ There goes the jerk with the shoes . ’
27 A tap is turned , a pressure of 120 pounds per square inch applied to the piston , and up goes the end of the coach as easily as though it were a doll 's house .
28 With it goes the heat of another drama , seeping into the soil like the rain .
29 There goes the marks on that one .
30 How goes the research into working out just what the endothelins do and how they do it ?
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