Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] go " in BNC.

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1 She writes the words : arresting images ( lives that go in circles ‘ like a pigeon on a tyre ’ ) , moments of disturbing lucidity amid inscrutable dream-imagery ( ‘ give me what I want/ And all I can think about is losing it ’ ; ‘ why ca n't you do to my insights/What you do to my insides ? ’ ;
2 ‘ Most people consolidate their information periodically and report it on a monthly basis : they tend to have huge consolidation exercises that go on for days .
3 Figure 11.4 shows the complicated web of paper transfers that go to make up a transaction .
4 The decisive customer knows what she wants and goes straight to the counter to ask for the item she requires .
5 He knows exactly what he wants and goes for it — no matter what !
6 It 's also why , when you suggest that it might not be the most credible thing for a label in their position to sign old bores like Paul Weller and Madness , McDonald looks bewildered and offers that Go !
7 He says that going to Bosnia is hardly a holiday .
8 Decisions or plans that went awry a few weeks ago may now right themselves and the momentum of life steps up markedly .
9 And before most ministerial committees an equivalent official committee meets and goes over the points , so that the meeting can proceed without a hitch to an agreed conclusion , provided none of the ministers wishes to interject a personal note .
10 ‘ It must be hell for you living with flesh that bubbles and erupts and goes a ghastly shade of taramasalata —
11 Now , thanks to the turbine and an automatic lighting system , the lights come on half an hour before a train arrives and go off half an hour after it leaves .
12 Listen to a car passing on the road : as the car is approaching , its engine sounds at a higher pitch ( corresponding to a higher frequency of sound waves ) , and when it passes and goes away , it sounds at a lower pitch .
13 On and on it goes and goes on still .
14 She turns and goes back to the house .
15 ( The PLAYER turns and goes .
16 ‘ WACC 's Forum priorities address concerns that go beyond the scope of conventional communication research towards the realm of philosophical concerns that are normally neglected in mainstream research agendas .
17 No sooner has it reached A than it reverses and goes to B , returns to A and so on .
18 With a man it 's like a rocket : it fires and goes into orbit or it crashes .
19 Nathan gets and goes off in search of somewhere quiet , clutching a toilet roll and anxious anticipations .
20 ‘ It does n't matter , ’ he replies and goes on to ask her to take care of two suitcases full of Austrian shoes he has brought with him with the intention of selling on the black market .
21 The question of whether or not ‘ In the beginning … ’ is superstition is forced on us by the poem but left unanswered though it appears that to go back beyond Origen would be immensely difficult .
22 They collect here each day when the municipal truck appears and go through the refuse looking for resellable objects , which are put in a sack to he sorted out later .
23 A little voice deep within her asks if going there with five gay men is the best way to achieve this .
24 How aware is it of the trading data that is collected , the way in which trading or order cards are filled in , or the pit trading practices that go on in front of its pit officials ?
25 It did n't sink darling it floated on the top , so we really need that one in there but I tell you what we 'll do , because you 've tr , written it so nicely we 'll put a little arrow and we 'll put there , that means that goes in there , alright , that 's smashing now all you need to do now is write your name on it
26 More television and radio , telephones that go everywhere with you , and in particular the defence of the nation , all take a toll on the frequency spectrum .
27 I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking
28 Once it realizes that going to the vet is not always an unpleasant experience , then its fear of this situation should be significantly reduced , and subsequently it should be easier for the dog to be examined without difficulty .
29 In the New Features box , you 'll see an outline listing of the bits and bobs that go together to make up Presentations 2.0 .
30 Who comes or goes in these rooms is my business , not yours ! ’
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