Example sentences of "[noun] went [adv prt] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wainfleet went on as the drinks arrived : ‘ All sorts of folk have their reasons for wanting other people 's private business , or their own , published . |
| 2 | Then the light went off and the door opened . |
| 3 | Er or aircraft went over when the siren was going , and the people could n't hear it . |
| 4 | The bonanza went on until the church thought enough was enough and so on a Sunday evening in August , a concerted effort was made and strong sermons were preached from every pulpit against bee wine and its evil effects . |
| 5 | As the weeks and months went by and the war seemed turning in favour of the Allies , I became more and more attached to the Semmens household , even to the point of getting to know some of the family friends such as Mrs Helen Margo and her sister , who owned and managed a shop of Oriental goods on Howe Street . |
| 6 | And as pulled the peg the spring went out and the ball went like that ! |
| 7 | The talk went on and the fruit tray became a pile of peelings , the cottage cheese bowl emptied and all was removed . |
| 8 | In Bangladesh , for instance , the birth rate in one village went up after the pill was introduced : because it both interfered with lactation ( 90 per cent of the users were lactating mothers — and lactation is known to help prevent ovulation ) , and was abandoned by 80 per cent of the women because of side effects . |
| 9 | The fat seemed to heat up more rapidly than she expected so she put in the steak and a great sizzling and searing went on and the air became full of blue smoke . |
| 10 | The sun went in and the ballroom was again shrouded in gloom — empty , but for Miss Theodosia Kyte , dreaming a foolish dream ! |
| 11 | When the sun went down and the evening turned chill the cider-heads made for the warmth of the Wheel Tapper bar . |
| 12 | So the funeral went on and the person was lowered into the grave that had been dug and the grave digger was asked to stay behind and they quickly got it put where it should be . |
| 13 | Then the weeks went by and the radio stations went off , one by one . |
| 14 | We went with Traffens one year , the first year in fact we went with Traffens and that was super because when we got to the other side sort of , it was then about ten o'clock he said well if you if there 's enough people want it we will transform your transform your seats into bunks and most people wanted and you were able to push the seats so one , two pairs of seats one of the seats went up and the other went down and you had four bunks |
| 15 | And yet , as the evening went on and the moon rose and the wine went down , new candles , another log for the fire , shadows swaying on the walls , she seemed to become to him what Catherine was to George . |
| 16 | The dun cock went down as the blue followed through , landing full-flush and kneading the gaffs on the dun 's heart as if he were working a treadle . |
| 17 | At least he and Lavinia had each other and Shaw Place although as the years went by and the money grew less , things became increasingly difficult . |
| 18 | He kissed her fervently and they stayed that way until the lights went up and the usherettes began moving down the aisles with their trays of icecream . |
| 19 | As there were no accumulators on the train the lights went out if the engine uncoupled from the train . |
| 20 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 21 | Halfway between Victoria and Gatwick there was a power failure , the lights went out and the train ground to a halt . |
| 22 | Registration figures went down when the poll tax was introduced , but — at least nationally — they staged a marked recovery in 1992 , more than compensating for the 1989 drop . |
| 23 | ‘ As far as this part of the city is concerned , ’ Maidstone went on after the drinks had arrived , ‘ I think I 'm the only resident Englishman . ’ |
| 24 | BLACKPOOL : A bit of a cheer went up when the news came through last week in Brighton of the Government 's humiliation at the hands of the Bundesbank . |
| 25 | Before they were finished , the first charges went off and the place became a hornets ' nest . |
| 26 | You many have thought , like me , that serving hatches went out when the craze for eating in the kitchen came back into fashion . |
| 27 | Caspar went out and the Robemaker followed , closing the silver door . |
| 28 | FISTS OF FIRE FRANK Bruno was yesterday promising a hot time for his next opponent Pierre Coetzer at a Press conference in London when a fire alarm went off and the building had to be evacuated . |
| 29 | Fifteen minutes later , the breathing alarm went off and the staff nurse rushed into the room to find Allitt behaving in an ‘ extraordinary way ’ , said Mr Goldring . |
| 30 | The reason was they set their alarm , they were terribly conscientious about setting their alarm clock so they 'd wake up in the morning to go to the exam , and er it was a very loud alarm clock so not the kind of thing you could sleep through , but come the morning of the exam the alarm went off and the student started to dream that they were out hearing church bells or something , you know they 're walking around hearing all these church bells , thinking is n't it nice , you know , it 's Sunday morning , oh I could go on sleeping . |