Example sentences of "went [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again . |
| 2 | Your alarm clock went off this morning then Pete ? |
| 3 | When I found it , there was an argument and we went for each other . ’ |
| 4 | The same went for all the climbing and jumping across the back court , over high walls and coal bunkers , that we did in the girls ' gang . |
| 5 | As a result , when the two women went for that walk — which was followed by several others — the topic Sarah was so anxious to discuss just never came up . |
| 6 | ‘ I think that they got a bit carried away , ’ she laughs , ‘ I 'm not sure why they went for that word exactly . |
| 7 | I am just appalled that it 's so easy , obviously , to get into these er accounts and and the health records as well , er I mean there really bright here , Mr has no criminal record , I do n't know where they went for that , it 's true , it 's nice to have it er made public but er where did they go to get that information ? |
| 8 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
| 9 | When we went for that there |
| 10 | I could have done with it , I could n't get on the bloo they got this internal bus service that runs from each college , cos you have to go to the other colleges for your lectures , and I just sort , there 's not enough , and you , you get turned away , and I just thought , I went for that bus Tuesday morning , I was supposed to get it at eight fifteen , and he just said sorry , no more room . |
| 11 | Each time we went for another animal all those left howled and fought their chains to get close to us so as not to be left behind . |
| 12 | The club went for another batsman instead , and that 's why I was intent on resigning . |
| 13 | Going in at No. 10 , he raced to 55 off the bowling of Hall , Watson , Worrell ( whom he hit for six ) and Ramadhin , before Valentine bowled him as he went for another big hit . |
| 14 | United stuck on three … but Bury went for more … and got them … numbers four and five could be classed as freaks or flukes Daws and Rigby were given the the goals … but forget football this was more like pinball … |
| 15 | They went for more , but Nicky Hammond in the Town goal made sure they did n't have too many happy returns . |
| 16 | Suppose we went for this drink and the Hobbs greeted us ? |
| 17 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 18 | I mean she said to me when I went for this Men Mencap job she said erm , have you got any trade behind you ? |
| 19 | But we only went for half a day at that period and then for a month or so then the troops went away again , we got back into our own school . |
| 20 | They will be worse for frail , elderly people , for physically and mentally disabled people , and I think people will also be asking the Tory and Liberal Democrat groups why they went for half a million pounds less than they need have done in service provision . |
| 21 | The government went for both at once . |
| 22 | The house , thought to be worth about £3,000 by the lawyers , in fact went for less . |
| 23 | We went through all this in the late-Seventies with Bethnal Green Hospital — a much-loved general hospital that was first geriatrified and then closed completely . |
| 24 | At the same time he went through all books which had appeared in England on these sciences . |
| 25 | ‘ Look , ’ Parks said angrily , ‘ I went through all this with the other lot . |
| 26 | They went through all the narrow places , and bad passes , and leaving the ambush on the left , struck to the right hand , so as to get the Moors between them and the town . |
| 27 | Tea went through all its stages — scones ( I fancy ) , gingerbread ( which was a success ) , and small cakes with chopped walnut on which were rather good , but I do n't think they appealed to her — she has n't a sweet tooth , I think … |
| 28 | We went through all this a couple of years ago with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys and at first I thought Matchbox must be deliberately creating a shortage to whip up demand . |
| 29 | At any rate he applied his tongue to the wood , and then went through all the motions of an expert tea-taster — even to that final feat of expectorating through the clenched teeth with precision and gusto . |
| 30 | We went through all this together . ’ |