Example sentences of "go the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fair goes the dancing when the sitar 's tuned ; |
| 2 | That would be an extravagance of classicallly based compliment and then Milton the puritan comes along and says to himself that wo n't do , we need a footnote , and in goes the footnote if true here only — do n't forget that these classical legends are all lies . |
| 3 | I do n't , I 'm going the wrong way , I 'm going the way when I go with Jim the quick way |
| 4 | Dom-peromp — stamp — derompompompedom , derom — stamp — perom — stamp went the music as we clattered round the loose floorboards . |
| 5 | Jokes about their own plight and sarcasms aimed at ‘ Them ’ at the top went the rounds as the standard of living fell steadily throughout Romania in the 1980s . |
| 6 | Snip , snip , snip went the shears until a head appeared . |
| 7 | ‘ Arsenal always win something ’ went the saying after they won the Cup for the second time in 1936 . |
| 8 | I did n't wan na go the hospital 'cos they 'd have wanted to know how I did it and I would have had to turkey in there . |
| 9 | ‘ This time it 's only a practice run ; listen carefully ; the door will have to be opened ; that 's your job Tim ; Derek , you hold the life-line cord , drop the dinghy when I say , but forget what I told you at Blackpool — this time let go the handle when the line jerks tight ! |