Example sentences of "goes [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 No doubt there are a few places where Stornoway citizens get drunk at Sunday lunchtime , indeed , there are quite a few of them , but their doors are shut to the public ; sin goes private on the Sabbath for it is public morality which counts in Sabbath observance .
2 When IC1 pin 2 goes high at the end of the timing period , current flows into transistor TR1 base ( b ) through current limiting resistor , R5 .
3 Water is pumped in from the River Nene , which is rich in farm nutrients , and sewage from Oakham , rich in phosphates from washing powders , goes direct into the reservior .
4 If it still goes wrong on the day , never mind .
5 Whereas , even if nothing goes wrong at the weekend , Mr Smith will have made himself miserable for days in advance .
6 It 's something that goes wrong at the nerve muscle junctions ?
7 It 's not erm a carte blanche situation where with anything that goes wrong with the vehicle will be covered by the policy , it is an insurance contract for which specific liabilities are covered .
8 I think it goes straight in the river .
9 Goes round like this and then it goes square at the back .
10 Everything goes soft at the knees , as if fumed with poppy .
11 He thumbs through it , glances at the summary and goes red in the face .
12 Gold allowed the easy storage of wealth because of the high ratio of value to bulk , and its being minted by royal and ecclesiastical courts may reflect the need to administer justice , maintain officials and finance commerce , and goes hand-in-hand with the development of written law and taxation ; in the oldest Kentish laws , fines were listed in gold ‘ shillings ’ and in silver .
13 The argument for a so-called ‘ invulnerable ’ defence system based on Star Wars , to replace the nuclear deterrent , therefore goes hand-in-hand with the proposals for the development of new weapons systems including ‘ limited ’ nuclear weapons , whose use can actually be envisaged and planned .
14 That goes hand-in-hand with the case made for trade union involvement in oil and gas industry activities .
15 Acquiring these advanced linguistic skills goes hand-in-hand with the study of the culture of France — mainly of its literature , but also of its cinema , and of modern French society and politics .
16 A mild mustard that goes hand-in-hand with the hot-dog and hamburger trade .
17 Wow , wow , wow is enough , yes , he goes mad at the post , he drags it all across , all across the hall , all through the lounge .
18 Finally , the combination of hermit and monk , the union of Finchale and Durham , goes near to the heart of twelfth-century religion .
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