Example sentences of "[conj] went [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 2 | Well it was just a a guild for women who could take their knitting and have a cup of tea and discuss everything that went on in the Cooperative , you know . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't believe I am being blamed for a fight that went on in the stand behind us , and I hope video evidence will clearly back me up . ’ |
| 4 | It was from my teacher and her two other pupils , who were older than me , that I learnt about all the intrigues and scandals that went on in the village . |
| 5 | The soul-searching that went on in the security community , in the think tanks and universities throughout the United States in 1990 gives some hint of that ‘ sense of loss ’ . |
| 6 | Nothing that went on in the town was a secret for long . |
| 7 | These examples give only a hint of the technical finagling that went on in the research centres . |
| 8 | Almost the first store that went up in the rioting was , predictably enough , that of Mrs Soon . |
| 9 | Pulling her cloak around her and laying her fork carefully along the wooden pegs on the side of the wain , Alexandra climbed the iron railings , already cold and slippery with new snow , and went off in the direction of the kitchen . |
| 10 | Then he turned and went out in the garden again , closing the door behind him . |