Example sentences of "go on a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was taken by surprise by the friendly smile he turned on her , and for a moment she dreamed they were going on a holiday together that had nothing to do with Dana and Garry and everything to do with each other . |
| 2 | And when he marries he says he 's going to buy a house a car and he 's going on a holiday . |
| 3 | Then , on Sunday evening , the pilot 's employers telephoned to say their pilot had fully recovered and was going on a course the next day in London . |
| 4 | Erm I went into residential social work first , erm but that was after twenty years of teaching erm in various parts of the country , I was in , Bradford , and then I spent seven years in Africa , where I also erm was a teacher , and when I came back from Africa , I was asked if I would just replace someone that was going on a course , in a residential er the mother and baby home it was actually . |
| 5 | Oddly enough , this must have sickened him because he banned anyone going on a course whilst he was AOC Pathfinder Force . |
| 6 | where you 're just watching , helping , washing a few cups with somebody and , and then going on a course one or two days a week , and then you 're consider whether being took on and even if you 're not took on at that place at least you 've got something to say you 've done when you 're |
| 7 | Maybe give you a wee lesson so it 'll save me going on a course so you could bring in all could n't you ? |
| 8 | So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough . |
| 9 | They will spend a few days with their hosts in the classroom , before going on a camping trip in the Dutch countryside . |
| 10 | The Regimental Sergeant Major , responsible for co-ordinating sporting activity in addition to his normal duty , reports that a number of soldiers from the regiment are going on a sailing course . |
| 11 | You 're going on a freebie to the Tate because you 're going to be our guide . |
| 12 | When its heroine , Dorothea , first entertains the illusion that marriage to Mr Casaubon will confer upon the everyday-the aspect of great things , she makes one exception to the frustration of her efforts as a single woman to lead a significant life in that period in England : ‘ I do n't feel sure about doing good in any way now ; everything seems like going on a mission to a people whose language I do n't know ; — unless it were building good cottages — there can be no doubt about that . ’ |
| 13 | Going on a pub crawl tonight |
| 14 | ‘ I was going on a bit . ’ |
| 15 | you know we 're going on a surprise er trip to Scarborough do n't you ? |
| 16 | The strain of all this told , especially when he did such things as going on a submarine foray to the Bay of Biscay while the French coast was still in German hands . |
| 17 | for that , I mean , all you 're doing is going on a ferry |
| 18 | He seems slightly embarrassed discussing the incident , but admits to going on a shopping spree with someone else 's card , and buying shoes , clothes and dinner for himself and his friends . |
| 19 | Fun as it might be to imagine what a ‘ top twenty ’ list might include , there would be little real purpose in discussing the practicalities , or otherwise , of going on a cruise , owning a race horse , buying a caravan , flying Concorde or whatever , since not only — even among married couples — would there be wide variations in choice but more particularly , since normal budget wisdom does not apply , any advice would risk being grossly misleading . |
| 20 | I knew she was going on a cruise . |
| 21 | His advisers hit on the idea of announcing that he was going on a cruise up the Hudson river where , away from prying eyes , he was propped up in a chair against the mast and anaesthetised . |
| 22 | I said I I 'm going on a cruise , the go that men started laughing I said yeah I am one day . |
| 23 | if you think you 're going on a cruise liner it 's obviously gon na be , you know , fairly well off people . |
| 24 | If my right hon. Friend is going on a tour I hope that he will not forget our mutual home territory on Plymouth , which is very anxious indeed to maintain close links with the armed services . |
| 25 | ‘ But we 're going on a trip , lovie . |
| 26 | At the same time try to make a water change before going on a trip , using the water removed in the bucket — this helps to begin the process of acclimatisation before the fish is actually in its new home . |
| 27 | He sounded malicious , and then , as Isobel made mild noises of protest , he went on in more conciliatory tones : ‘ Aw , I 'll just tell her I 'm going on a trip right now — an ’ do n't you tell her . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Ma , I 'm going on a trip for a week . ’ |
| 29 | DID you hear the one about 16 English men , eight Scots , four Welsh and two Irishmen going on a trip to New Zealand … ? |
| 30 | Yeah but I 'm going on a trip tomorrow and I need them back ? |