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

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1 Er you know erm the letter , the reply went back from Dave saying that every you know , possible thing was done to get bilingual staff but at the end of the day you know they could n't come up with the goods .
2 Although these depended for their success on voluntary support , the Association went on to lobby for new towns sponsored by the State .
3 The agent went down heavily , a gash on his head weeping blood down the side of his face .
4 Chant went on .
5 Chant went off , and Estabrook climbed the steps into the caravan .
6 Systems developing in the N H S. The programme went on to produce the evidence , the minister
7 The programme went on to produce such evidence including a two tier system for radiotherapy treatment where patients were
8 The above quotations are part of a large batch of letters forwarded from the BBC which arrived on my mat ten days after the programme went out .
9 He did his own research before the programme went out .
10 There were several others who used to come and see me in Baldersdale , particularly after the first television programme went out in January 1973 , including some of the nurses .
11 the we the wee fella went out into the hallway and
12 In this strange institution we did not even know all the people who worked in the same room as ourselves , as the action went on twenty-four hours a day , and we were on duty on varying shifts .
13 The light went on in the hall and the door opened .
14 They always thought it was feed time if the light went on and would scramble up expectantly and start pawing and whinnying .
15 After the third knocking a light went on in Jessie 's room ; then there was the sound of muffled voices .
16 A light went on in the house opposite .
17 As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ .
18 After about five minutes a light went on in back .
19 From the front window I saw Jo climb into the BMW and as the interior light went on , I could make out the shape of the man driving .
20 He was giving words to her own struggle , but before she could feel too much empathy a light went on inside her .
21 For a moment Charity 's mind grappled with the too swift change of topic , but then the light went on .
22 Sometimes it was lighted , and I would wait there , watching until the light went off , usually long past midnight .
23 The light went off .
24 Then the light went off and the door opened .
25 The instant the light went out , he took her hand .
26 The light went out , but still no one came downstairs .
27 When the red light went out after my closing announcement , Mr Murray turned to me with a broad grin ‘ Was that all right ? ’ he asked , and I shook his hand acknowledging his ad-lib masterpiece .
28 The light went out .
29 The light went out , and came back on .
30 An important light went out .
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