Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] to go [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately , because he had had a source of comfort , the moment Ellie left to go back to the house his mournful howls increased in volume .
2 Darlington Council refused to go along with the plan but Miss Carter has revived the campaign this week as a planning application emerged wanting to put a food kiosk in the car park .
3 Duncan turned to go back into the room .
4 After the management fired the union leadership , initially 86 per cent of workers voted to go on with the strike , but eventually they were cajoled into a ‘ second union ’ started by white collar staff who wanted to cooperate with the company ( and many of whom were to receive rapid promotions from the grateful management — see also chapter 16 ) .
5 The rear window of one of the shops looked out over poor Mary 's deposited remains and Martin had to go in through the narrow entrance to flash his lamp on it .
6 Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop .
7 The crew decided to go in by the entrance to Fingal 's cave .
8 These cottage front doors were never used — some even had rows of flowerpots across the sill as a deterrent — and Anna had to go round to the back to find a resting place for the magazine .
9 Mark Cameron ( 1987 ) felt that the knot symbolized possession by a man , a token of the collective sacred marriage which all young people had to go through as the culmination of their initiation sequence .
10 Members began to go out into the country on day trips , and the first cricket match between two deaf clubs in the country , which later led to the formation of inter-institute sports activities of billiards , darts , and other sports , took place on 23rd July 1892 at Manchester between Manchester Deaf and Dumb Institute and the Bolton and Bury Institutes .
11 He left me to become acquainted with the religious environment , and then handed me a paperback entitled Modern Buddhism in Burma , which he had edited in cooperation with Kenneth Saunders , warden of the YMCA hostel , and already a translator of the Dhamma-pada , a collection of short sayings thought to go back to the Buddha .
12 The jackets had to go back to the sweatshop , making for an unnecessary and annoying delay .
13 Rockets continued to go off outside the building .
14 Conscientious objection rose markedly ; 40 of the 400-strong military contingent ordered to go out with the anti-aircraft missiles refused to do so .
15 Sjahrir was not prepared to cooperate ; the others decided to go along with the Japanese in order to extract concessions from them .
16 When , in his thirties , he took driving lessons and passed his test Dorothy refused to go out in the car with him : ‘ I intend to live to a ripe old age , thank you very much . ’
17 All her concern seemed to be for Terry 's family , especially his mother , and Anne was even more surprised when Sarah refused to go back to the house with her .
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