Example sentences of "go [conj] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Alec Cairncross , a former Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury , heaps praise on the Attlee governments at the end of his highly regarded study Years of Recovery : ‘ Whether one tries to look forward from 1945 or backwards from forty years later , those years appear in retrospect , and rightly so , as years when the government knew where it wanted to go and led the country with an understanding of what was at stake . |
| 2 | And do you know father used to now where they used to and he used to go and caught a lot of them . |
| 3 | And the union had the meeting and the union went and told the boss that we 're having so many more men here and that was it you see . |
| 4 | I went and ordered a taxi , and I took you home . ’ |
| 5 | He went and denounced the wicked city , saying that like all other wicked cities of the Eastern Mediterranean it was about to be annihilated . |
| 6 | I packed an overnight bag and went and checked the street through a chink in the curtain . |
| 7 | After the usual bread and jam left out by Mrs Garfitt , Toby went and played a few games of rounders with the young boys . |
| 8 | Need a good scientist who say that last July went and discovered a planet larger than the earth in another solar system and now said , oh it was all a mistake ! |
| 9 | He sent for one man and Chennaa , swallowed some cold meat and wine and , wrapping himself in a dry cloak , went and mounted the camel , crooning love-talk as she rose to her feet and took up her soft , swaying gait . |
| 10 | As they carried Robbie into the yard she glanced towards the staircase door and wondered if she should ask them to wait a moment until she went and got a coat and hat . |
| 11 | So we saw this fellow go up to the window and look and then he went and got a stone from the kerb and ‘ bang ’ on the window . |
| 12 | I went and got a secondhand Bond . |
| 13 | A year I had all the symptoms and I went and got a book and read about it and tried to find out as much possible about it and the book scared me silly because it told me all these things that could happen |
| 14 | ‘ All right , ’ he said , ‘ I 'll go and get a bottle , ’ and he went and got a bottle of ale and brought one out for himself . |
| 15 | She helped him to the kitchen , as that seemed to be the best place for him for the moment , and sat him down at the kitchen table while she went and got a towel . |
| 16 | Says er last night who went and got a bath and left every door in the house open |
| 17 | I went and got the pressure-cooker to brain him with and was just about to bring it crashing down on his bonce when I heard Mike calling from the next room . |
| 18 | He went and got the wood , he done it all … |
| 19 | Well , she went and got the Deputy Head and she was a bit upset about it , and then after that our biology group was chopped right down , more or less cut in half , and most of the boys went somewhere else to do their biology while the rest of us stayed with that teacher and we got on a lot better then , you know . |
| 20 | Did n't you see that , when we went to the restaur , no I went and got the cigarettes , that 's where I saw it , yes , cos I , yeah . |
| 21 | I do n't know if she was just wandering around , but , you know and erm I went up to , went and got the keys and then went and locked the door again . |
| 22 | went and got the lemonade so I was tipping it in , so Terry goes , he goes I 'll have it all ! |
| 23 | They 'll wonder who went and got the fire engine wo n't they ? |
| 24 | She now stripped the partition of the clothes , threw them on the bed , and then went and lifted the lid off the case , only to find that it , too , was full of clothes , both the woman 's and the child 's . |
| 25 | Listen , you know yeah he went and brought a Pot Noodle cos he did n't want you to cook for him cos your food 's really shit . |
| 26 | Then he went and brought the third sister , but she was clever and wily . |
| 27 | And there was worse to come for United , as Ceri Evans went and sliced a corner into his own net . |
| 28 | And then the silly little girl went and believed the glib tales she was told by the great Australian male , did n't she ? |
| 29 | And of course I went and , I I never handed in my book well of course I went and booked the other one out . |
| 30 | ‘ 'Ere , you went and ate the biggest bit of cake . |