Example sentences of "[noun] went [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Molly went on laying the table , placing knives and forks neatly as though her sanity depended on it . |
| 2 | Systems developing in the N H S. The programme went on to produce the evidence , the minister |
| 3 | These same authors went on to compare the effects of homoeopathic potencies on the wheat seedlings with those on cultures of yeast , and obtained very similar results . |
| 4 | At 8.57 every weekday , Dennis went out to fetch the BMW from the garage . |
| 5 | Arafat went on to urge the world to take action to halt " the massacre Israel is currently committing against the Palestinian people in Rafah " ( a town and camp lying at the southern tip of the Gaza Strip ) . |
| 6 | MacKinlay and Ramaswamy went on to study the behaviour of these mispricings . |
| 7 | The diver went down to guide the cable into the trench . |
| 8 | Meredith went out to fetch the tea and when she returned he went on , ‘ This is an official visit , actually . ’ |
| 9 | Robert stayed on the pavement while Maisie went in to buy the school 's bread . |
| 10 | For a change the weather was fine , and when shortly after midnight the company second in command went round to visit the soldiers in the trenches , he found morale high . |
| 11 | Hysterical residents , many of them in their nightclothes , raced from the block as the fire brigade went in to quell the flames . |
| 12 | Parties went on to mark the path and generally prepare the way , besides watching out for foxes . |
| 13 | Beginning with the introduction of the notion of the unconscious to link together dreams , parapraxes and hypnosis , Freud went on to use the concept to understand a variety of neurotic symptoms . |
| 14 | Léonie went on licking the cake mixture out of the bowl . |
| 15 | ( It is somewhat remarkable to note that after such stirring events , the committee went on to draw the master 's attention to the fact that a horse had been observed grazing in the paddock , which had been let for sheep only . |
| 16 | And the judge went on to criticise the RSPCA for the way it gathers evidence . |
| 17 | Abkhazian troops went on to take the villages of Gantiadi and Leselidze on Oct. 6 , thus establishing control over the whole of northern Abkhazia , from the capital Sukhumi to the border with Russia . |
| 18 | Yet West Germany 's Bayer and Hoechst went on to dominate the industry ( by 1913 Germany produced 90% of the world 's dyes ) because , unlike British companies , they made the essential first-mover investments in production , distribution and management . |
| 19 | ‘ It is not exactly true , ’ Marguerite confided as Alain went out to answer the telephone . |
| 20 | And , while the housekeeper went down to call the aunt , Conradin took the toasting-fork out of the dining-room cupboard . |
| 21 | Lord Diplock went on to test the question arising in the case by asking what the words of the relevant section of the Act of 1968 meant in ordinary conversation . |
| 22 | But Throgmorton went down to examine the priest 's corpse . ’ |
| 23 | He recollects vividly the outstanding singles performances of Bill Thompson and Diane Underwood and with the final match standing at 2-all his team went on to dominate the doubles and lift the trophy . |
| 24 | One of his offspring , Jagen Dreaming Blue , was a key member of the Southern Obedience Team , a great achievement in itself , but when the team went on to win the team event at Crufts Dog Show , it was patently clear that the show dogs of today , given a chance , can still perform in the obedience arena at the highest level . |
| 25 | The sitting was abandoned by Mayall , although Diccon went on to finish the picture — it subsequently won the senior award in the Irish National Portrait Painting Contest . |
| 26 | The article went on to disavow the use of violent methods : |
| 27 | Bonington and Lowther went back to complete the route , which they rate at around RD/TD± , two days after their first attempt . |
| 28 | Mason J. went on to explain the reasons why , in that case , the minister 's function was to be exercised by him personally . |
| 29 | Then a sign went up saying the business had transferred . |
| 30 | But the court went on to urge the adoption , perhaps by the United States Supreme Court which was about to consider the matter in the Aérospatiale case , of a principle that resort should first be had to the Convention procedures in every foreign discovery case unless their use appeared futile from the outset . |