Example sentences of "go on a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beware if you are going on a pre-wedding diet . |
| 2 | Expecting a word processor operator to pick up the elements of design , typography and layout skills by simply going on a two-day course is just not realistic . |
| 3 | He had gone early because he was going on a surveying job . |
| 4 | He had been sentenced after going on a two-month crime spree . |
| 5 | Like going on a flat road , without putting the brake |
| 6 | I love going on a nice train journey ! |
| 7 | Diana said : ‘ Guess what , I 'm going on a shooting weekend to Sandringham . ’ |
| 8 | Quite apart from whatever Blenkinsop comes up with , I 'm going to get my chaps tomorrow to get going on a major investigation into the backgrounds of all these people . |
| 9 | The influence had already rubbed off on former team-mate Ally McCoist , who was dropped from a vital old firm derby in 1991 for going on a prohibited trip to the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 10 | If you 're going on a long journey alone , plan your route in advance using main roads as far as possible . |
| 11 | I 'm sure your husband appreciated from afar the care and ‘ antics ’ of you and your friends , the personal and loving touch that one would give to any loved one going on a long journey . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been going on a long time , Elaine . |
| 13 | As you know , the two of them have become good friends , and are going on a long holiday together . |
| 14 | because it 's been going on a long time . |
| 15 | But it was I mean you have to admit erm and I 'm I 'll bring Mr Power in and let him speak for himself , but you have to admit that it from what we 've just heard , it started in nineteen seventy four , it 's been going on a long time . |
| 16 | For me , going on a strict vegan diet where all animal products were banned , where there was no place for tea or coffee , where even fish , eggs , salt and sugar were forbidden , was like leaping from a warm bed into the icy seas of Antarctica . |
| 17 | She and Hamdi El-Menshawy , who recently set up home together , were going on a trekking holiday in Nepal . |
| 18 | I 'm going on a fast for a few days because everything you eat 's bad for you . ’ |
| 19 | Everyone knows — Pepe says he 's going on a foreign tour and wo n't be back for months . |
| 20 | SHANNEN Doherty has confessed to going on a six-month drink and drugs binge after running away at 18 to live with her 31-year-old boyfriend . |
| 21 | But he ca n't resist going on a teensy-weensy shopping spree with Marlon , which involves going into a jewellers , pretending to be gay and , to divert inquiries , sneezing copiously over an assistant who is terrified they are transmitting Aids . |
| 22 | For those of us who work at the power stations , the idea of going on a guided tour may seem daft . |
| 23 | Salesman Michael Luke , 36 , of Gateshead , Tyne and Wear , said : ‘ I 'm going on a sponsored run . |
| 24 | You 're going on a sponsored slim |
| 25 | While all that agitation was going on a dual carriageway had been built between Aberdeen and Stonehaven . |
| 26 | WE are all going on a big buzz to the countryside for the week on a special nature trip ! |
| 27 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
| 28 | Vividly picture going on a wonderful shopping spree , buying everything you have ever dreamt of , with great joy and exuberance . |
| 29 | We thought we had enough expertise with our our in-house training , without having to go on a separate one thousand five hundred pounds project management course . |
| 30 | ‘ I simply meant somewhere for Jennifer to go on a regular basis for short periods of time simply to give you both a rest . |