Example sentences of "[Wh det] went [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secret talks with the government , which went on over a period of more than a year , were also broken off . |
| 2 | He was a good mathematical teacher and he wrote a number of text-books , some of which went on selling into the 198os . |
| 3 | He then built a machine for the piano which had a series of lights which went on and off ensuring that you played the right note — without ever having to understand what a sharp or a flat was . |
| 4 | On Fridays we 'd often go to the Royal College of Art where they used to have these great shows which went on till three or four o'clock in the morning . |
| 5 | JUST last week , General Manuel Noriega , already the supreme ruler of Panama , had himself named head of government and ‘ maximum leader for national liberation ’ by his personally appointed legislature , which went on to pronounce the country to be in a ‘ state of war ’ with the United States . |
| 6 | The issue of woman as victim as opposed to woman as survivor was tackled head on by Polish director Zofia Kalinska whose work showing women as bearers of demonic energy culminated in the formation of the Magic Circle , which went on in 1988 to tour a collectively devised piece called Nominate Filiae . |
| 7 | A demand for the ‘ noblest ’ architecture inevitably meant that Nonconformity was caught up in the debates over the value of Gothic architecture which went on for most of the Victorian period . |
| 8 | They were won by the Hungarian Democratic Form which went on to form a coalition government of right-of-centre parties . |
| 9 | Michael ( County Champion in 1984 ) was also a member of this team along with Simon Barrington , Chris Maxted and Dale Thomas ( Reserve : Guy Phillips ) , which went on to win the B.B. & O. County Championship in October 1986 and who will compete in the All England Club Championship in 1987 . |
| 10 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 11 | Lionel Luyt told me that John quickly tagged on to him when they met during those Johannesburg seasons , and was eager for discussions which went on , after performances , into the small hours . |
| 12 | The essential quality of the world was its transitoriness vis-à-vis God , not the visible change which went on unceasingly in the world . ’ |
| 13 | I usually left the night meeting about 2.00 pm , but quite often after that Anthony [ Eden ] had long telephone conversations with Guy Mollet , the Prime Minister of France , which went on until 4.00 or 5.00 am . |
| 14 | Unnatural conditions became natural and as time passed it was more and more difficult to believe that there was any other life beyond that which went on inside the wire . |
| 15 | They are not a part of becoming ill , which went on , generally unnoticed , beforehand , but are a part of the healing process . |
| 16 | The post-classical tradition is not altogether simple , and the word ‘ fusion ’ does not adequately convey the processes which went on . |
| 17 | Seven came back quite close together , then there was a heart-stopping silence which went on and on . |
| 18 | Celltech made a loss of £1.9 million last year , much of which went on setting up new research projects . |
| 19 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
| 20 | It is difficult to assess the significance of the various negotiations which went on between the British and the Indians during the early stages of the war . |
| 21 | Another hotly contested tournament was the Copa de Republic , a vast knock-out competition which went on all over the country from November to April . |
| 22 | The Strangeways riot , which went on for days longer than necessary because of squabbling between the Home Office prison department and the prison governor . |
| 23 | Ruth wanted , physically , to hit back at the storm– which went on and on , which was striking at her . |
| 24 | Sussex 's most remarkable Saxon church , Sompting , illustrates well the process of extension and adaptation which went on over several centuries , and particularly as South Saxon society reached its peak before Norman infiltration . |
| 25 | The power-struggles which went on across much of the period were reflected right through society , and the surviving court rolls for Sussex often illuminate activities of considerable violence . |
| 26 | Then they went on to Bridlington , Canterbury and ‘ divers places of religion ’ , where Margery was often in trouble because of her noisy weeping , which went on nearly all day , ‘ both forenoon and afternoon also ’ . |
| 27 | He despised kings , queens , gods — but most of all he despised the Tory government of his day which went on being re-elected . |
| 28 | I was looking for then features ed James Brown , who 'd phoned me up on the strength of Issue One of my fanzine This Is This ( which went on to sell in excess of 30 copies to my friends and family ) . |
| 29 | One , an innings of 499 : the other , a knock which went on for the little matter of 970 minutes . |
| 30 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |