Example sentences of "to go [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Such an approach enables active work to go on at all times , including those when no change of placement is contemplated or during periods of waiting for a suitable placement to become available .
2 A colt by Shirley Heights , he is sure to go on to better things following a narrow debut victory over Shepton Mallet at Newmarket in July .
3 A colt by Shirley Heights , he is sure to go on to better things following a narrow debut victory over Shepton Mallet at Newmarket in July .
4 We have brought pride back to Teesside and we want to go on to greater things . ’
5 ‘ The one you 've just done in Cheltenham ? ’ she asked , catching Cara 's excitement as she waited expectantly for her to go on with more details .
6 Am I right in thinking that you would n't want to go on with these incursions ?
7 Well , they 're in detailed discussions , and negotiations are likely to go on for some hours .
8 Normally , the time is fifteen minutes , and for fifteen minutes it 's five fifty , so if you 've got a lot of hair , it 's quite coarse , it 's going to go on for several months .
9 At home he decided to go in for wholesale enclosures , encouraged his tenants to take long leases by reducing their rents , and instructed them in modern scientific methods .
10 Although theory and practice are meant to go together in most accounts of economic endeavour , one area where there seems to be an alarming gap is between tax theory and tax practice .
11 Some of the industry recognized that change was due and with various degrees of enthusiasm were prepared to go along with such proposals .
12 Well jus just to lighten the mood for a moment and to go along with high-falooting words here are some
13 We used to go along to various churches in the area playing music .
14 And we had to go down through fourteen feet of solid rock .
15 ‘ We 're desperate to put that right because we do n't want to go down as one-season wonders .
16 Oh it seems a long way to go just for five days skiing .
17 As we know , the whole indignity that women have to go through for these examinations is , of necessity , I am afraid , an unpleasant experience .
18 The week after next I have to go away for two weeks . ’
19 " I had to go away for several days and while I was gone your mother saw some papers in Devraux 's desk .
20 The concept is an enormous one for twelve-year-olds to grasp with any sense of reality , for many children of that age would regard it as fun if their family had to go away to new lands — just as I can recall at that age receiving the news of the outbreak of the Second World War with great joy !
21 If your equipment has to go outside on open roads or gravelled surfaces , remember castors are not always suitable .
22 To go further in these directions would also require more boldly gestural language than Philip Vellacott 's plausible , if prosaic translation provides .
23 Mrs Preston added : ‘ In my opinion he looked too upset to work in an operating theatre so I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds . ’
24 I 'll be ready to go home in fifteen minutes . ’
25 The librarian was able to go home in good spirits .
26 She set her alarm clock to go off at hourly intervals throughout the night , but even before its first summons she was disturbed .
27 He also claimed that there was " no independent constitutional authority for Congress to go off on investigatory frolics of its own " .
28 Lock your door , set whatever device will rouse you at a definite time ( cooking-timer , flashing alarm clock , vibrator ) — set it to go off in eight minutes .
29 They tended , however , to go off in different directions .
30 And one who did not want to be punished , either , was their other comment , as witness the way he was prepared to kill Rose Hilaire once he saw that her tie-up with Joe and John Coffin would enable her memories of what she had seen of Ephraim 's body to go straight to dangerous quarters .
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