Example sentences of "his [noun] [conj] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why could n't he simply accept that she was not about to defer to his wishes and go ? |
| 2 | Corbett rubbed the strap between his fingers and went to stare out of the window , half-listening to the sounds of the night outside . |
| 3 | The masons smiled at his fancy and went on with their work . |
| 4 | Then he sucked at his teeth and went on . |
| 5 | During the war he sold his interest in his galleries and went off to war ; following this six-year closure he reopened the Hans Road gallery but decided not to reopen the American galleries ; it was hard enough to get the good material for one shop . |
| 6 | Ranulf nodded , put the wine cup down , took his cloak and went downstairs . |
| 7 | If he called , she 'd pretend to be out , she 'd hide in an outhouse , hide in the straw in the barn until he gave up his snooping and went away . |
| 8 | And mixed farming instead of taking up his hedges and going for wheat or sugar beet like the rest of them . ’ |
| 9 | And he got up , and at once took his stretcher and went out in full view of them all , so that they were astonished and praised God . |
| 10 | And there was a funny silence and Dylan said that he 'd bet I could n't do that scream like that with a cigarette in my mouth and I shook off the centuries , stopped staring , smiled a little , noted that he had indeed monumentally screamed with a cigarette in his mouth and went stunned back to my crossword . ’ |
| 11 | And now he was curling his mouth and going for his fingers as though he could start all over again , not two hours later ! |
| 12 | ‘ We 're going down to Redland Bay to have dinner on his boat and go for a sail , ’ she invented fluently . |
| 13 | The effect of the resignation was increased by its suddenness : within two days Law had laid down all his offices and gone abroad . |
| 14 | He closed the door of his study and went across the landing to the bathroom . |
| 15 | Corbett nodded , rose and moved away ; he emptied his bladder and went to a nearby stream to bathe his hands and face in the cold clear water . |
| 16 | Berger clicked his heels and went out . |
| 17 | Birkett shrugged his shoulders and went on with the fish cakes . |
| 18 | He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors . |
| 19 | He shrugged his shoulders and went off leaving me to ponder what he had said . |
| 20 | Nikos shrugged his shoulders and went on with his writing . |
| 21 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 22 | Taken his pleasure and gone off , has he ? |
| 23 | Corbett nodded , smiled his thanks and went over to where Alexander now slouched in a half-drunken stupor . |
| 24 | Steve picked up his sandwich and went over to the television set where he sat eating it while he watched the news . |
| 25 | The moment he went back into the house the gardeners would run out to eradicate the tracks left by his coming and going . |
| 26 | ‘ Look at him sulking , ’ she said to Betty , ‘ he could jump in his car and go to Bogota but no , he 's going to sit there and sulk where I can see him . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm beginning to think in their imagery , he admonished himself , and lit a cigarette , somehow reluctant to leave his car and go in search of Dalziel . |
| 28 | Standing on their hind legs with front paws resting on the deep window sills , they saw Mark getting out of his car and went berserk . |
| 29 | At eight o'clock he got in his car and went to the office . |
| 30 | He drove up , got out of his car and went in — ’ |