Example sentences of "[conj] went [adv prt] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |
| 2 | It 's not his spirit that 's doing it , it is the same person that the disciples spoke to when they walked the streets of Palestine , it is the same person that went around healing the sick , it is the same person that was born in the , in the manger at Bethlehem , he is now , after having died , been raised again by the power of the trying God had , he is now ascended back into heaven , in glorified form , and he is there interceding , representing you and me before his father there in heaven . |
| 3 | Partial calm was restored when the prisoners were released during the afternoon , but representatives of the Majlis continued to demand that those responsible for the attack be found and punished , and went on to declare a general mobilization of Crimean Tatars . |
| 4 | ‘ O-oh ! ’ the youngsters groaned in disappointment , and went on discussing a blasphemous film they had seen . |
| 5 | The main political event of the year to June 1991 was the general election in March , in which the opposition KESK gained the largest number of seats ( 55 out of 200 ) and went on to form the first Finnish government in 25 years which did not include a left-wing party . |
| 6 | Renbourn emerged from the British folk scene in the sixties and went on to form the acclaimed acoustic group Pentangle , and also released a number of albums with Stefan Grossman following the demise of the band . |
| 7 | Once the news of the invasion reached New York , the UN Security Council quickly adopted Resolution 660 , condemning Iraq 's action , and went on to vote a further 11 resolutions on related matters by the end of the year . |
| 8 | Always in the leading group , McMahon pushed to the front before the last where he was challenged by the favourite Over the Edge , but keeping his mount perfectly balanced and running as straight as a gun barrel , McMahon found something left in the ‘ Tank ’ and went on to score a snug success . |
| 9 | The Board ordered that they be received into the vagrants ' ward as a temporary measure , and went on to instruct the medical officer to vaccinate all the other unprotected inmates of the workhouse . |
| 10 | However , defending champion Lyons was in top form and went on to take the chequered flag for the second year running . |
| 11 | I was n't about to miss the parade , and went on to see the whole event , and photographed it — all the red flags , the guns , the cannons , the missiles , everything , including Black September Group marching . |
| 12 | But that was n't the end of it ; they had made up their minds to sample every diversion that Wickhams had to offer , and went on to explore the entire store , from Haberdashery , where Mabel bought some knicker-elastic , to Hardware , where Florrie could not resist a patent vegetable slicer which was being demonstrated by a lady in a snowy white apron , who showed them how the little gadget peeled apples , chipped potatoes , sliced onions and generally made itself invaluable to the busy housewife . |
| 13 | THE Border Golfers ' Association , which began with the amalgamation of seven clubs in 1893 and went on to play a major role in the development of the Scottish Golf Union , will launch a season of centenary celebrations at Kelso on Sunday . |
| 14 | Bobby Neill , who won a British featherweight title in the 1950s and went on to play a significant role in the development of such top-class boxers as Alan Rudkin and Alan Minter , has said : ‘ … hungry fighters ? |
| 15 | ‘ Very uncomfortable , I expect , ’ said Fenella and went on studying the black stone buildings to see if there was a small , partly hidden door that they might use to get inside . |
| 16 | In spite of his size , and like many big strikers , Dave was a sensitive fellow and pre-match tension was a real problem for him in his earlier days , but he overcame that worry successfully and went on to make a substantial and positive contribution to Palace 's return to the big-time , before moving to Derby County in a £400,000 deal in the spring of 1980 . |
| 17 | In the Cox Report we repeated the first sentence quoted above from Kingman and went on to make the following recommendation : |
| 18 | Glasgow gangster Frank Murphy changed his name to Frank Earn and went on to win the Scottish Welterweight Boxing Championship , but he was the exception . |
| 19 | He studied law at the Moscow State University , and went on to become a full Communist Party member two years later , in nineteen fifty two . |
| 20 | A group called Simplicity was launched in Oxford and went on to become a national success . |
| 21 | He did , however , and went on to become a leading citizen . |
| 22 | Fitted with a Renault engine , it first flew in 1937 and went on to become the standard Soviet primary trainer throughout World War Two . |
| 23 | He won the NIBA singles championship , and went on to become the first Parks player to lift the coveted Irish title since Balmoral 's Alan McMullan in 1987 . |
| 24 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 25 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 26 | These were collected by a stonemason , Hugh Miller ( 1802–56 ) , who became accepted as an authority on the subject and went on to become an outspoken critic of evolutionism . |
| 27 | After basic religious toleration was conceded in 1689 , the dissenters turned their back once and for all on Anglicanism and went on to develop the distinctive spirituality which was to play so dynamic a role in the revolutionary social and economic changes of the next century . |
| 28 | White faced the official carpeting , defused the attacks with a firm but polite dignity , and went off to catch the next train unaffected by the experience . |
| 29 | He had been dropped off a hard chance when just twelve were needed , but went on to hit the winning four off Botham , and his eight wickets and two useful knocks earned him the Man of the Match award . |