Example sentences of "[conj] went [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were now deeply into their mating dance , oblivious to all that went on beyond the charmed circle of their courtship . |
| 2 | In recent months the residents of the area around the bar had been complaining almost nightly to the police about the noise that went on until the small hours and about the hypodermics left strewn around the piazza , a serious health hazard to the children who played there during the day . |
| 3 | Working on Jane Austen was not all that different from working on trade cycles , or lowtemperature physics ; these were the kind of things that went on in the modern university . |
| 4 | Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring . |
| 5 | He began to recite a litany of his own successes to himself as he passed down the quiet , thickly carpeted corridors to the executive lift that went up to the eighteenth floor : a new apartment in the smart suburb of Beauséjour ; a smaller apartment in Montparnasse , with a most accommodating young mistress ; two cars , one the largest and latest registration Citroën Familiale ; a generous expense account , which was not queried too closely — he hoped was not queried too closely . |
| 6 | How many businesses that went up in the 1980s might now come down ? |
| 7 | But the cry that went up from the angry crowd , kept at bay by the military , was ‘ Ireland starves , England profits ! ’ |
| 8 | In one of them he found a collection of cheque stubs and account books that went back to the 1940s . |
| 9 | He had formed what later became the Prince 's Trust while he was in the Navy , and the grants that went out in the early years were paid for , anonymously , out of his naval allowance . |
| 10 | Laughing at this last jibe , she swept some papers into her arms and went over to the far side of the nurses ' station , where files were stored , leaving Belinda relieved to be alone . |
| 11 | Later generations of the family spoke English as their first language and went over to the Anglican church . |
| 12 | At first came a very senior Sister and went over to the childless one in the corner . |
| 13 | They climbed back into the jeep and went on along the rutted lane , lurching and splashing through deep puddles , the Brigadier worrying audibly all the way because ‘ things were n't as they should be . ’ |
| 14 | He crossed the track on his belly and went on up a further hundred yards before starting his circle . |
| 15 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 16 | She took the torch , using it freely now because speed was of the first importance , and stealth of none at all , and went on down the slippery path towards the thick box hedge , behind which the invisible red roof hung , representing help and companionship . |
| 17 | ‘ Not bad , ’ Gay conceded , and went on with the good work . |
| 18 | He stopped and went on in a low voice , ‘ I came back early from school and when I came in I saw she 'd been crying . ’ |
| 19 | The music stopped and went on in a brisker six-eight rhythm . |
| 20 | As Howard got out and went around to the other side of the car , the Doctor slid over , and examined the rudimentary dashboard . |
| 21 | They left the woods and went around by the neighbouring fields — ‘ blind ’ country where the ditches and drains were all concealed in coarse , overgrown grass . |
| 22 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 23 | Patrick nodded and went up to the front door . |
| 24 | With these words , Maisie snapped her mask up to her face and went up to the front door . |
| 25 | They walked to the lift and went up to the fourth floor . |
| 26 | Carson tucked the diaries under his arm and went through into the empty lounge . |
| 27 | He felt hungry , and went through to the cool room at the back for a bowl of sheep 's milk and some bits of potato . |
| 28 | Thank you he said absent-mindedly and went through to the Natural History . |
| 29 | She swung herself down from the back door and went round to the front steps of the kiosk . |
| 30 | ‘ This is a very pleasant office , ’ she began conversationally as he handed her a cup and went round to the other side of the desk . |