Example sentences of "[adj] went [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 I think that nice Captain Meek went down with his ship later on in the war .
2 Within minutes another went off at the Planetarium next-door , followed by two more at the Imperial War museum .
3 I T T , yeah on the mo I 'll go and have a look , make sure it 's still here cos a few went out yesterday .
4 And eventually there was quite a few went back before they were paid for .
5 Every time the express went by , we had to hold the windows in .
6 Geoffrey Scott was at Rugby School from 1898 to 1902 , and in 1903 went up to New College , Oxford , as an exhibitioner .
7 But Kian went on kindly , I hear you were a little bolder in the bush this morning .
8 This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had .
9 ‘ … and moreover the most gallant gentleman of the realm , and this went on until it resulted in a divorce , and after a second marriage , which was likewise unhappy , she entered the married estate for the third time with a common tar , with whom , though he abused her daily , she herself said that she lived in much greater content than in her first marriage .
10 This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party .
11 This went on for five whole days —
12 This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door .
13 This went on for well over a month , with the owls flying free in the barn , until we were sure they were confident and happy in their surroundings .
14 This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers .
15 Six weeks this went on !
16 As this went on , the point of view without extension that was myself and The Fat Controller accompanied the product-of-the future as it was unloaded from the truck and heaped in a stall of warped boards .
17 This went on for about two hours , and then they got into their boats and sailed away .
18 And this went on for years this ?
19 Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days .
20 This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention .
21 Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on .
22 This went on for a long time .
23 And then borrow it again on a Friday or a Saturday and this went on for so long er he 'd eventually Tom said , by the way Jack , he said , whose pound note , whose pound is this ?
24 Julia felt she might not make the end of the week if this went on .
25 It would hurt to do it , to be without him , but she would have to if this went on too long , or he would destroy her emotionally , because she would have nothing left when he did finally tire of her .
26 This went on for two weeks .
27 This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell .
28 This went on until the sixteenth century when Henry VIII ordered his chief fruiterer , Richard Harris , to visit France and learn about apple cultivation .
29 This went on for about ten evenings and at the end of it all he had lost a stone in weight and had attracted the waterfowl from the entire county !
30 Well , this went on and on until the pile of things Morag and Granny had cleared out of the cupboards was nearly all gone .
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