Example sentences of "[conj] went on " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tried bringing out political prisoners after rebellions in Britain , they tried kidnapping new recruits , and they tried legislating to keep up the number of white men that planters must employ , but white men still left for England or went on to new parts of the Americas rather than compete against slave labour . |
| 2 | This can be difficult because the consumer has no means of knowing what goes on ( or went on ) in the factory . |
| 3 | Working on Jane Austen was not all that different from working on trade cycles , or lowtemperature physics ; these were the kind of things that went on in the modern university . |
| 4 | Looking around the cobbled farmyard and at the farm buildings , the shelling and mortaring that went on during the attack on Breville had taken its toll . |
| 5 | I will not try to describe everything that went on . |
| 6 | An advertising campaign that went on about the law of averages did n't seem to help when much of the press criticism rounded on the Escort as exactly a car for Mr Average . |
| 7 | Despite all the scheming and matchmaking that went on behind the scenes , when Charles and Diana took their wedding vows on 29 July 1981 , they were undoubtedly in love . |
| 8 | Suddenly , great guffaws of laughter that went on and on broke the silence , so much so that people began to stretch forward to see who they were coming from . |
| 9 | However , those who emerged empty-handed from all the pushing and shoving that went on should be able to see November 19 's game on giant video screens which the government is hoping to install in three different locations . |
| 10 | That dog was still barking : a hysterical , high-pitched bark that went on and on . |
| 11 | It was precisely that peculiar combination of laisser-faire rule over the kingdom at large , but absolute personal involvement with all that went on at the centre , in institutional as well as individual and personal affairs , which is the notable quality of kingship in Scotland and explains the high level of prestige and control which the crown enjoyed . |
| 12 | It was appalling carnage that went on , and came through the doors of this hospital . ’ |
| 13 | He used to be asked long , drawn-out questions that went on and on . |
| 14 | Ministers would assume that went on . |
| 15 | TMI did much to reemphasise the importance of these techniques in the assessment work that went on after the accident . |
| 16 | These examples give only a hint of the technical finagling that went on in the research centres . |
| 17 | Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring . |
| 18 | THE memories of the love and caring that went on in Lourdes is something I shall always treasure . |
| 19 | But he strongly disapproved of the proselytizing that went on under the cloak of humanitarianism . |
| 20 | Sometimes the thread was misery , sometimes the black joy of an earth , blasted and left for dead , that went on labouring in darkness to renew itself . |
| 21 | Court etiquette was now familiar to Joan , since she had watched avidly all that went on during her chaperonage of her young mistress . |
| 22 | The sum was chicken feed , and the more governmental corruption that went on there , the better . |
| 23 | ( The argument that went on in Tanzania at this time is referred to in some detail in the next chapter . ) |
| 24 | Now the story of Britain 's biggest-ever robbery — and the massive money laundering operation that went on for months afterwards — will be told tomorrow night in ITV 's £2 million drama Fool 's Gold ( 9.05pm ) . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't believe I am being blamed for a fight that went on in the stand behind us , and I hope video evidence will clearly back me up . ’ |
| 26 | An umpire told me : ‘ What 's happened to Don was no reflection on his unswerving attempt to get the truth told over everything that went on at Lord 's . |
| 27 | What was more , the Substitute gave the impression that he could cope with any third party interference , at any level , with nothing more than the pursed lips and flicker of amusement with which he seemed to regard everything that went on around him . |
| 28 | In recent months the residents of the area around the bar had been complaining almost nightly to the police about the noise that went on until the small hours and about the hypodermics left strewn around the piazza , a serious health hazard to the children who played there during the day . |
| 29 | Mrs Watts sat in a deep chair in a dark corner of the room but Hari had the impression that the woman was like a cat sleeping with one eye open , watching everything that went on . |
| 30 | The humans were astounded by the grace and majesty of Elf civilisation and well-pleased with the commerce that went on there . |