Example sentences of "go [adv prt] fight [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made films like Sanders of the River ( 1935 ) and The Four Feathers ( 1939 ) , featuring courageous British aristocrats going off to fight for the British empire , not out of a sentimental admiration for those times , but because the Empire provided good stories , as Hollywood also found at the time . |
| 2 | And it will be sited on land troops trained on before going off to fight in the Somme . |
| 3 | In the West African republic of Liberia where eighty five per cent of the population have been displaced , children , some as young as eight are being placed in secure compounds to prevent them from going back to fight for the waring factions . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't want to go back to fight in the war , ’ said Laslzo , 21 , from Becej , as he waved his mother goodbye . |
| 5 | We went on to fight alongside the North African people for their independence . |
| 6 | Indeed , many of those children whose fathers went off to fight in the war experienced that same sense of inner rejection , even though as they grew older they were able to understand the truth of the matter . |
| 7 | It may well have been used to make bows for local archers who went off to fight in the battle of Agincourt . |
| 8 | Friday and I stayed to watch the prisoners , while the captain and his men went back to fight for the ship . |