Example sentences of "[vb past] go [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , district councillors felt that none of the objections justified any changes to the proposed order and agreed to go ahead with the scheme . |
| 2 | I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs , and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors , begging our way for the love of God , so that we might be beheaded there … . |
| 3 | I mean Cyprus has been one of the major growth destinations in the last year or so and erm people stopped going there from the day war broke out . |
| 4 | The bang of the younger one 's heart seemed to go right through the earth like thundering horses . |
| 5 | He was beginning to find pieces which seemed to go together with the hint of a pattern … |
| 6 | Our very own Adventures deal in all the things that seemed to go AWOL in the late 80s — luscious harmonies , strong guitar driven songs with big big choruses , all topped with strong echoes of classic 60s pop . |
| 7 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd have had a visit if she 'd gone straight to the nearest phone , ’ Goldman observed . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's all right — I was n't at all happy about the arrangements either , ’ Laura agreed , before explaining that when Ross had returned to New York he 'd gone straight to the hospital from the airport , before eventually returning to the empty apartment . |
| 10 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |
| 11 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 12 | Before we 'd gone far from the hut we had lost one of the Germans with sickness , and an hour later the Dutchman had to turn back when he had trouble with his crampons . |
| 13 | Haverford got going again with the cream jug . |
| 14 | My standing with Harold Wilson began to go downhill in the 1970s , not on personal grounds but because of what might be described as political differences . |
| 15 | It was cooled by air-conditioning today , as the temperature threatened to go well above the century mark on the old Fahrenheit scale . |
| 16 | On 20 December ACAS decided to go ahead with the balloting , though Grunwick refused to supply the names and addresses of those working . |
| 17 | NATO decided to go ahead with the cruise missiles before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and against a background of Soviet-American agreement in the Salt 11 talks on strategic weapons . |
| 18 | Kennedy decided to go ahead with the plan . |
| 19 | Within ten minutes , Woodrow Wilson had consulted with his chiefs of staff in the war room , and decided to go ahead with the contingency plan . |
| 20 | All I know is that my presence was no surprise to them , but they decided to go ahead with the drop anyway . |
| 21 | I was very kindly invited back to the marquee for tea , but as it was by then after 4.30pm , I decided to go straight to the car , take off my dripping mackintosh , and drive back to London , after a very happy day which raised £25,000 for the Prince 's Trust . |
| 22 | He decided to go straight into the wood without consulting Bigwig , and to trust that the rest would follow . |
| 23 | Finally , the shaman ( priest ) of the tribe decided to go alone to the top of the hill and speak to the Great Spirits . |
| 24 | I decided to go alone on the Sunday morning . |
| 25 | Twelve days later I received a call from an exultant Sylvia who told me that , on the previous evening , she had in fact managed to go right into the cupboard and switch off the light . |
| 26 | We had to go downstairs to the toilet , and in the winter the water used to freeze up . |
| 27 | Sartre and de Beauvoir had to go elsewhere after the Liberation . |
| 28 | Not Adam Burns , though — oh no , he had to go straight for the jugular . |
| 29 | He had to make frequent visits to hospital , for plaster to be changed , for X-rays and check-ups , and as unfortunately further cancer cells had been found in his spine , he had to go periodically to the Christie Hospital again . |
| 30 | I did not often take part in the passeggiata because soon after school ended I had to go home on the tram , but sometimes a schoolfriend of mine called Wilma used to invite me to stay the night if there was a lot of homework to be done . |