Example sentences of "to go [adv prt] on [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her cheeks were pink with excitement , her eyes shiny and bright , as though she was getting ready to go off on some adventure . |
| 2 | ‘ Whoever woulda thought a lad could leave such a pretty little gal to go off on some faraway adventure , eh ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I invented having to go out on that instant . |
| 4 | ‘ I would be delighted , ’ he declares , ‘ to go out on that cloud . ’ . . |
| 5 | We used to go out on these walks in the country near the school , and we were accused of going with two lorry drivers behind a bush to have sex with them in exchange for a watch . |
| 6 | I should add here that even as a junior at Halton I was in the senior cross-country team — which only people in their very last year were normally eligible to join and at this stage I was in my first year of three , I was allowed to go out on any occasion , in running gear , to train as I was a bona fide member of the team and so on one of these occasions when I was out training — I always wore a sort of towel around my neck which looked very professional at the time and quite unnecessary — I managed to conceal the altimeter , which had become very very hot property by this time because it was known that several instruments were missing and we could have a visit from the gendarme . |