Example sentences of "[pron] went [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 2 | So what I did , I went round to tell the guy , John he was the sales guy at the local Vo , Audi-Volkswagen place , and I said , John , I want to buy Barbara a car . |
| 3 | I went on to join the Kent team and later the National Display Team . |
| 4 | I went on attending the university , doing my course modules , and avoiding intimacy in whatever way it proffered itself to me . |
| 5 | " I wanted to keep it because I did n't want to leave him while I went out to use the phone — assuming there 's one round here that works , which I doubt , " she said . |
| 6 | I went out to bring the washing in and he 'd got them in his mouth ! |
| 7 | He dumped his overnight bag with mine and I went out to tell the driver we were just coming . |
| 8 | It seemed like every time I went out to walk the course I came back with wet feet . " |
| 9 | I went out to check the date on the and to turn the place over . |
| 10 | I went down to put the kettle on and while I was doing so in walked Albert . |
| 11 | So I went down to see the secretary who I found out was in the flying horse and er told him who I was , Ooh yes , ooh yes , you 're playing this afternoon , are n't you ? |
| 12 | I went down to unlock the door , and we came upstairs very quietly . |
| 13 | I went in to see the cats and then I swept up all the mess |
| 14 | I went in to watch the day 's most elegant event … the private driving competition . |
| 15 | After we 'd satisfied ourselves that there was sufficient prey I went off to walk the terrain . |
| 16 | ‘ I was asked to supervise canoeing when a scout leader , so I went off to master the sport and was a senior instructor after a couple of years . |
| 17 | JUST last week , General Manuel Noriega , already the supreme ruler of Panama , had himself named head of government and ‘ maximum leader for national liberation ’ by his personally appointed legislature , which went on to pronounce the country to be in a ‘ state of war ’ with the United States . |
| 18 | Sure enough , the wolf came and devoured him ; only his skull was left which went on reiterating the prophecy of doom for Rome . |
| 19 | The IRA has admitted planting eight firebombs in Milton Keynes last week.The admission came in a statement which went on to accuse the police of endangering public safety by ignoring bomb warnings . |
| 20 | Michael ( County Champion in 1984 ) was also a member of this team along with Simon Barrington , Chris Maxted and Dale Thomas ( Reserve : Guy Phillips ) , which went on to win the B.B. & O. County Championship in October 1986 and who will compete in the All England Club Championship in 1987 . |
| 21 | You went in to get the package while Ibrahim went on to the river — was that it ? ’ |
| 22 | In the singles , Perth 's David Hendry went down 21-8 to Welshman John Price , who went on to take the title 21-14 against Ireland 's Neil Booth . |
| 23 | The result was a 2-1 win for England , who went on to take the silver medal , losing in an exciting final to Australia . |
| 24 | ‘ We really upset those Belgians — and Apoel are n't anywhere near as good as Antwerp who went on to reach the final . |
| 25 | I 'm thinking of people like Jean Krell who co-ran Granny Takes A Trip the painter Humphrey Ocean and Bernard Rhodes the friend of Malcolm 's who went on to manage The Clash . |
| 26 | In 1920 the farm was purchased by Messrs. Whitbread and Co. who went on to develop the site into one of the largest working hop farms in Kent , to satisfy the county 's growing thirst for beer . |
| 27 | He was ostracized after his return by an ‘ electorate ’ which certainly included the 4000 hoplites he had brought back from Ithome , who went on to fight the Spartans hard over thy next decade and a half of warfare ( the First Peloponnesian War , see further p. 39 ) . |
| 28 | The season 's most lucrative tournament is the Seniors British Open , won last year by the South African , John Fourie , who went on to top the Order of Merit with close to £48,000 — £14,000 ahead of Tommy Horton . |
| 29 | In a neat piece of role-reversal , Lewis , who went on to become the Wales Under-21 coach , is now Jenkins 's assistant at Stradey . |
| 30 | MICHAEL WINNER : Film reviewer in these pages in the '50s who went on to direct the Death Wish series , and step out with actress Jenny Seagrove . |