Example sentences of "and go the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're not doing anything with your life because as usual you 're facing in the wrong direction and going the wrong way . |
| 2 | but you do n't suddenly turn round and go the other way do you ? |
| 3 | He was about to turn and go the other way when he heard voices . |
| 4 | Call her Marge , you might as well call her butter and go the whole hog might n't you really ? |
| 5 | They all we , turned round and went the other way again ! |
| 6 | Linda jumped out and went the few paces to the garage , unlocking the door and sliding it part way open . |
| 7 | If he was in such a desperate hurry , he could have gone round and gone the other way |
| 8 | Taff , the mortar team , and all the others who were present one day and gone the next , some to hospital in England , and others to a shallow grave here in Normandy . |
| 9 | The whole family liked to be heard , as if they wanted people to know they were alive in a world where young and old alike were here one day and gone the next . |
| 10 | It 's just a man failing to reappear , that 's all — now you see him , now you do n't that 's the only thing that 's real : here one minute and gone the next and never coming back — an exit , unobtrusive and unannounced , a disappearance gathering weight as it goes on , until , finally , it is heavy with death . |
| 11 | ‘ In my occupation the people you meet tend to be here one day and gone the next — or I am , since I work freelance . |
| 12 | ‘ It makes you realise your life can be here one minute and gone the next , ’ Alison told her mum in a trans-Atlantic telephone call . |