Example sentences of "go [subord] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr McCloy gave me a free hand to go where I chose , bar the two big outhouses . |
| 2 | It 's me that told him not to go cos I said , I did n't want to go this week and he did n't go . |
| 3 | ‘ I had to rush around trying to find a farmer with a cart who might be going where I wanted , ’ Katz lamented , his woebegone countenance matching his sorry tale . |
| 4 | I had no such skill , but I was learning , and it was an infinite satisfaction to keep Joanna moving , and going where I wanted her to go , with the sweep . |
| 5 | I 'm only going cos I got to . |
| 6 | I ca n't see where we 're going because I did n't have my glasses on . |
| 7 | I told Cowslip we were going before I left the burrow . " |
| 8 | but I have n't written , erm cos I wanted to check exactly what day you 'd be going before I did . |
| 9 | Aye it was sti , yes it was still going when I came up here . |
| 10 | We 've got this squat , see , in Gloucester — well , we did have it , but the council took it back — but Vince has got friends in Tewkesbury , they 'll know about places , and that 's where we were going when I fell ill . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I heard a photocopier going as I rummaged around , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 13 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 14 | If I went if I went up there |
| 15 | Mrs Singh said she would go if I came too but not otherwise . |
| 16 | He turned his head to stare at me as if he could n't at once comprehend my interest , but then , understanding , said of course I could go if I wanted to . |
| 17 | Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big . |
| 18 | ‘ Would you have gone if I asked you to stay ? ’ |
| 19 | I would n't of gone if I 'd known |
| 20 | I could n't go because I fell off my horse one day and broke my leg . |
| 21 | Ignoring that , she continued crossly , ‘ I wanted you to let him go because I did n't in the least fancy the idea of visiting you in jail ! |
| 22 | I did n't go because I wanted to be rich . |
| 23 | I hoped he would n't let go because I wanted to kill him . |
| 24 | why did you let it go because I caught my fingers so |
| 25 | I did n't think of her ; I ca n't say I went because I respected her decision or because I thought it was in her interest ; I knew it was n't in her interest , or mine , or ours . |
| 26 | I was afraid when I first went because I thought that people who go to prison , they 're bad . |
| 27 | ‘ In so far as I ever had snake hips , they have gone since I came here . ’ |
| 28 | Out went a Tropicana which was soon joined by about fifty free offerings and back on the buzzer the rod went while I returned to my seat . |
| 29 | I thought I 'd gone before I came out of my house but I had a feeling when I nearly got to their school that I ought to have again . |
| 30 | ‘ No , she just went when I said you did n't actually live here . |