Example sentences of "went [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mouth went dry as his gaze flicked over her , then his mouth curved into a smile . |
| 2 | The glasses went wonky as the upper left quarter of the head flew apart . |
| 3 | Looking back on it I could not figure out what went wrong as I had done exactly as instructed but nobody had ever really said much about fallen trees or currents and especially not in such a small part of the river . |
| 4 | Top ticket price at Washington 's Uptown Theatre was £6,500 , the lowest £150 , while about 300 inner-city youngsters went free as proceeds boosted a children 's charity . |
| 5 | One of the screens went blank as he hit a Counsellor . |
| 6 | His mind went cold as ice . |
| 7 | She just went haywire as soon as she saw the instructor . |
| 8 | Juliet went pink as she agreed teasingly , ‘ Oh , of course , my very favourite underling . ’ |
| 9 | Pertwee went pale as chalk . |
| 10 | Jenna 's face went pale as he held her hand firmly against him . |
| 11 | STERLING WORK : The deafening ‘ pit ’ went crazy as dealers gambled on Britain 's financial future PICTURES : Arnold Slater |
| 12 | The lights went yellow as he approached but he just managed to squeeze through , to a chorus of horn blasts . |
| 13 | He had aimed to hook the grapnel round the massive chimney stack at the crown of the gable and it seemed he had succeeded , for the rope went taut as he pulled down on it . |
| 14 | A capacity crowd of nearly 6,500 — including King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia — went wild as their 28-year-old world champion went for her own golden bid . |
| 15 | On the east wall of the chancel is the inscription to Thomas Pelling , the ‘ flying man ’ from Lincolnshire , who fell to his death from the battlements when the rope went slack as he was descending from the church tower to the Old Star inn in April 1733 . |