Example sentences of "it was [prep] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the families in the little awkward places , at the heads of the small glens , on boggy ground that would not drain — they were nearly helpless , they trembled on the threshold of destitution , impaled on the horn of the one-year lease , uncertain whether it was worth going into debt to improve the ground and knowing that , even if they did , they could still be turned out next term day and their place annexed to the holding of a better-off neighbour . |
| 2 | Although I had a mouthful of sour grapes I thought it was worth going so I could corner Polymers football club chairman , Stan Bates . |
| 3 | It was worth going into . |
| 4 | One day when he was extremely unrealistic and euphoric , I really became upset ; it was like going in to see a stranger — he was receiving a high dosage of morphine at that time — and I called his pulmonary doctor and requested that something be done or an explanation be given . |
| 5 | But there was no bottom : it was like going through the Star Gate , with whole galaxies reeling by me . |
| 6 | It was like going for a walk in a Constable painting . |
| 7 | It was like going back to an old friend , familiar and almost cosy . |
| 8 | It was like going back a hundred years . |
| 9 | It was like going back in time . |
| 10 | It was like going to the Holy Land , or being the Knights of the Round Table , Sir Perceval I think it was , and your dad suddenly said he was going to take you to see the Holy Grail . |
| 11 | ‘ In some ways it was like going back in time , living in the mountains where there was no electricity or running water . |
| 12 | For Rob it was like going back to Piccadilly Circus after five years and finding all the buildings have been moved . |