Example sentences of "[adv] go [prep] a " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 If she 'd been staying on the boat for any length of time it would have been necessary to find somewhere to go for a shower or a bath , but it did n't look as if that particular problem would arise .
2 I was even planning which tank I would be moving my 43 babies ( I had carefully counted the eggs ) to when they had grown up enough to go into a larger tank .
3 In America they would keep them in a home until they were old enough to go into a jail
4 And er therefore er w we made the most of it , my chum and I , Sid , we were in nineteen thirty two I would think we would be o one of the first hundred people or so to go with a , a week 's f er tour to Paris by air .
5 We had only to go for a walk through the empty streets and someone would appear in a doorway to invite us for dinner .
6 He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill .
7 Er where you 've got a note that obviously goes over a beat as in that one there
8 Perhaps going for a moonlit swim before making love under the stars .
9 I think that er we are probably some years of and therefore whilst we make indulge our service in the next few moments it each other er we are eventually and then perhaps going through a convenient route er and thrashing out some sort of profit margin .
10 What we were criticized and several senior councillors quite rightly said , the five thousand pound we were spending was only going to a very few .
11 Cos you ca n't go and say well I 'm only going for a couple of weeks !
12 He 's only , he 's only going for a couple of weeks
13 Obviously people who are merely going through a bad patch ( anxiety state ) are easier to assist in the process of change , because they have greater resources , than individuals who have always been anxious ( anxiety trait ) .
14 At 15 she had once to be carted from the links of Gullane having had too much to drink , but she will tell you that that had nothing to do with the pressures of competition , rather that she was merely going through a rebellious streak .
15 There 's this picturesque white elephant development on the Costa del Sol , apparently going for a song .
16 She and Boldwood were obviously going for a ride together .
17 They 're obviously going into a difficult area and if it breaks out into open conflict , there will be slight risk , but at the moment it 's fairly routine for us .
18 ‘ She had a terrified look in her eyes , and was obviously going through a very , very bad trip .
19 Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road .
20 Oh , yes , they they obviously go through a stage of trying to make sure that erm , theoretically it is correct ,
21 You know he only went to he only went for a pee you know what I mean that cramming five pound and ten pound deals at him , and he 's going , No you can , you know .
22 Men who only went into a shop for ‘ baccy ’ , matches or a paper , were sent round to the local grocer 's and butcher 's shops to buy up everything that was n't nailed down .
23 he only went about a week and then he closed .
24 He turned up at the dance studio in a pair of very skimpy tight shorts and observing that everyone else was very white and wore towelling track suits , and seeing that he was very tall and very naked , got nervous so went for a walk and smoked a joint .
25 The answer is probably yes , provided there were concessionary tax rates for the retired and proper facilities for their leisure and recreation ; for surely these people only go to a foreign land for these reasons ?
26 ‘ These people deliberately target places where people only go for a bit of entertainment .
27 ‘ You know perfectly well , Marler , that these days I only go after a story I think is really worthwhile .
28 C so go for a C first unless you 're sure
29 Organic meat needs experienced butchery and not a quick swipe with the band saw before being instantly packaged — so go to a butcher who buys his meat on the hoof from a farmer who is n't into organics just for the sake of profit .
30 If they had all gone for a midnight swim , we would have had the worst slick since the Torrey Canyon .
  Next page