Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] went [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 To the extent that he went further so as to suggest that in no circumstances could the speeches be looked at other than for the purposes of seeing what was said on a particular date , his remarks have to be understood in the context of the issues which arose in that case .
2 Their discussions included the merger of the Falange and the Traditionalist movement and they went so far as to commission a draft document outlining the project .
3 Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) .
4 Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’
5 I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative .
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