Example sentences of "go [adv prt] at [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supposing that the essential words conferring the primacy on all successive archbishops of Canterbury were in fact in the letters which Lanfranc mentioned , why did he go on at such length about the facts drawn from Bede , when a single quotation from one of the passages granting the primacy in perpetuity to the archbishops of Canterbury would have been worth all the rest of his argument put together ? |
| 2 | Another problem may be that you only have one machine for both recording and playback so that only one of these activities can go on at one time . |
| 3 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 4 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 5 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 6 | No , no but you might go in at that time wanting help |
| 7 | Now that plants in containers can go in at any time when the ground is not frozen or sodden , many gardeners opt for the spring or early summer . |
| 8 | When you 'd done your thirty years , you 'd go off at two-thirds pension . |
| 9 | Alone with Guido in the little boat , she 'd felt a constant sense of danger , like sitting on a time bomb that might go off at any second . |
| 10 | ‘ It can go off at any time , ’ says Nayab . |
| 11 | In fact , prices can go up at any time , not necessarily in April . |