Example sentences of "[noun] went in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some jews went in the opposite direction by expropriating a territory in Palestine ( on the grounds of an historical occupation ) to substantiate their claim to being a nation .
2 I shall return to this point later , but must first record how matters went in the Divisional Court , omitting for present purposes any reference to an alternative ground of relief concerning the Director 's refusal to wait whilst the applicant pursued his application for legal aid , which failed in the Divisional Court and was not renewed on appeal .
3 ‘ HA HA HA HA HA HA , ’ the little girl went in the next picture-square , and ‘ BONK read the bubble as the typewriter hit her at the end of the joke .
4 ’ He must have known where the phetam went in the first stage , ’ Mala said .
5 So Gloria and Maudie set off one way , towards West Ferry Road , while Ruth and Sarah went in the other direction .
6 Other great cities went in the same direction , without any questions being asked in central government , or by the opposition , about the electoral system .
7 Or was that where all the money went in the first place ?
8 Yet reality went in the reverse direction ; the world cake was sliced vertically , not horizontally .
9 The two men went in the opposite direction .
10 There was a slight seasonal effect of gradually declining response to models , but this could not have biased the results because the response to crest accentuation went in the opposite direction , increasing significantly between early ( small crests ) presentations and the first accentuated crest presentations .
11 Total employment during the quarter rose 700 , but operating expenses went in the opposite direction from cost of sales , 30.3% of revenues compared with 32.5% in the year-ago quarter , as the company continued the remorseless cost-cutting drive .
12 Total employment during the quarter rose 700 , but operating expenses went in the opposite direction from cost of sales , 30.3% of revenues compared with 32.5% in the year-ago quarter , as the company continued the remorseless cost-cutting drive .
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