Example sentences of "he goes [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After a day he will know the names of everyone on the set and he goes to great lengths to make sure we all enjoy ourselves , organising lunches and so on . |
| 2 | He goes to great lengths to maintain these contacts , telephoning them at regular intervals to find out how things are going , to express a genuine interest in their welfare , to see if he can help in any way . |
| 3 | In fact he goes to great lengths to argue that the most important consequences of educational progress actually require ‘ sensitive judgment ’ using ‘ interpretative reasoning ’ , and that in the arts this means that valid and reliable assessment can only be achieved through what Best calls ‘ inter-subjective agreement ’ . |
| 4 | I do n't know , erm but he sometimes goes abroad with it I think , but he , he goes to different parts of the country and Judith goes with him . |
| 5 | and he 's still got something to do with the union , so what he did , when he goes to these meetings he said to the , ah you bloke at Nissan how about getting us round |
| 6 | For while he goes to some lengths to avoid formulating a question which presupposes the distinction between subject and object , he is frankly concerned to provide an answer ( and hence a question ) which will be compatible with the claim that social changes are overdetermined by the complex whole , and which will therefore embody a particular view of the production of knowledge . |
| 7 | I always try and go with him when he goes to medical conferences — now we hardly ever take work away from home if it means we ca n't both go . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He goes for long walks , ’ said Betty mundanely . |
| 9 | For he goes at 80 miles per hour on the motorways . |
| 10 | He goes through great labours to get rid of it . |