Example sentences of "that [pron] [modal v] [adv] go " in BNC.
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1 | I felt scared that I would be seen as crazy — that I might even go crazy : that I would begin to see little green men , jump off a tower in the belief I could fly , or just sit in a corner humming ‘ Om ’ . |
2 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
3 | Eventually , at tea time , I tell Nicola 's mother that I ca n't go to India because I 'm starting a course at university . |
4 | ‘ It follows , said Karelius slowly , ‘ that I ca n't go back to Sanders ' place . |
5 | I I The one he 's going on to that I ca n't go , it 's the third week in July . |
6 | I 'd rather have the doctor saying that I ca n't go home rather than me signing myself out . |
7 | ‘ I had a phone call from Mr. Mendelson. ’ — the solicitor — ‘ He asked me if I would agree to accept half of the stock of Mr. Mahmoud on condition that I would not go to court against him . |
8 | As I walked away , I think I knew that I would not go back . |
9 | I wondered whether I had said something that I could n't remember , perhaps had shrieked or whispered that I would n't go back , but Lili said she had heard it was unusually hot for the time of year and unsuitable for a run-down person . |
10 | She obviously assumed that I would n't go to the trouble of prosecuting her once it was in her possession . ’ |
11 | They had become my friends and there was no way that I would now go back to being their problem dependant . |
12 | However , as a ‘ courageous ’ cut and sewer , as well as being a past owner of a Brother Electronic with garter carriage which casts off automatically , I decided that I would never go back to a latch tool cast off and that it was a waste of time in any case if I was intending to cut the fabric ! |
13 | I mean , I felt that , it made me worse as well , by going to them and I decided that I would never go back to them again , you know . |
14 | He 'll assume that I wo n't go to the car because he 'll be waiting , so I 'll go to the left , and that 's where he 'll be waiting . |
15 | I would n't do that gave vouchers looks as though you ca n't be bothered she knows I 'm getting that voucher of that I 'll probably go and see something . |
16 | I just want someone to know that this — all this stuff — has been a burden and nothing but a burden from start to finish , and that I feel no twinge of regret at coming out of that place , and that I shall never go back into it , ever , so help me Frederica Potter . |
17 | ‘ People made me feel so welcome that I will undoubtedly go back and live in the North-East . |
18 | I have tried to convey a pale memory of our meeting , but further than that I can not go . |
19 | ‘ It 's a case at the moment that I can not go ahead with the case because I can not afford £700 , ’ said Barbara . |
20 | Is this a sacred thing , that I can only go forward ? |
21 | Jennie called me into the office and said that I could n't go as she had received a letter from my mother . |
22 | Suddenly I realised that I could n't go on anymore . |
23 | Two days later they called me back and said that I could n't go back to Jamaica , but offered me a place in the group going to Thailand , which was leaving in February . |
24 | ‘ At it 's worst I just felt that I could n't go anywhere that I wanted to . |
25 | Did I look so obviously the sort to get into trouble that I could n't go about with circles under my eyes , or telephone a doctor , or throw up once in a while , without everyone immediately jumping to a single conclusion ? |
26 | Simply I had known that I could n't go on living with my mother . |
27 | That 's when I realised that I could n't go on with this free agent nonsense . |
28 | I told him that I could not go on behalf of any party , but that I would go on behalf of the government if he came to power , since I knew the situation and could be of some help . |
29 | The bespectacled , quietly-spoken American sitting next to me immediately piped up with the appalling suggestion that I could always go to Beachy Head . |
30 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |