Example sentences of "[subord] go [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks tired — and worried — she thought , and , regardless of Naylor watching , she could do no other than go over to Travis and kiss his cheek . |
| 2 | It was nothing to him , of course — orders were orders — yet it had occurred to him several times that it would have been far simpler to evacuate the Shepherds than go through with all this nonsense . |
| 3 | Neighbours say he has kept a low profile since moving in , prefering to stay by the pool than go out on the town . |
| 4 | With Pamela it was always the same — do n't worry , we do n't need it , the bills are all covered , I can take care of everything — but Josie would rather have packed her bags and moved out than go along with such a line . |
| 5 | Better he came with her than go off on his own to do his dirty work . |
| 6 | They have nothing better to do than go down and make a nuisance of themselves to people who are peacefully going about their own affairs . |
| 7 | Like the crooks pursued by the hero in Calling Bulldog Drummond ( 1951 ) , for whom ‘ life in peacetime seemed unbearably flat ’ , or the ex-officers who take over their old ship for smuggling runs across the Channel in the Ship that Died of Shame ( 1955 ) , or The League of Gentlemen ( 1960 ) , for whom robbing a bank promises their ‘ finest hour ’ , many filmmakers seemed to feel that there was nothing to do , now the war was over and the hopes of peace had faded , than go back to the site of old glories . |
| 8 | For a gentle corrective one could do worse than go back to H.L. Mencken who opined that Alexander Graham Bell — the progenitor of the institution in which Penzias holds sway — and Thomas Alva Edison had done more than any of their contemporaries to add to the sum of life 's damned nuisances . |
| 9 | Both could do worse than go back to Tony Crosland and update his ideas to allow for the issues of gender , race , environment , low growth and others of which he was ignorant . |
| 10 | I 'd rather die than go back out the way I was . |
| 11 | What does the , what does the youth bus actually do it , except go round on four wheels , I mean what 's it 's function ? |
| 12 | By the time I find a room it 's too late to do anything except go out on to the balcony and gaze down at the still-warm street , the signs . |
| 13 | Well , it 's not good unless go back . |
| 14 | It just as go back . |