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Example sentences of "[pers pn] went [adv prt] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	I went round commiserating with the ones I knew , pointing out that if the lady with the bosom was as late as she normally was , the reception would undoubtedly extend into licensing hours .
2	‘ The other day Thomas and I went over to look at the foundations of the first villa which your men have started to build , ’ she remarked , as they drank their coffee .
3	So I went over to knock on the door .
4	Er , I went on to say throughout the ages the government has repealed legislation , there 's nothing new about repealing legislation it is repealed either because it is proved unworkable or because it 's simply outlived its shelf life .
5	I went on to say in the new world in which we live legislation has grown like topsy and thus requires more drastic pruning .
6	Still , Mr Dysart went to see what 'e could do , while I went back to phone for the police .
7	I went back to look through the view-panel , an felt my stomach go into zerograv .
8	Kate felt her cheeks tinge once more with pink as she went on listening to the good-natured chaff Mike Booker was taking on her behalf .
9	When Glass started his studies , Boulanger was 75 and she went on teaching until the age of 92 .
10	Then she went on to elaborate with the facts she 'd learned from Leo .
11	She went on to talk about the shop , giving Myra no time to say anything else about Roman .
12	she did she went on talking through the letter box to them
13	She went on to work for the Friends ' Committee in France , Austria , Poland , and Greece .
14	And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear .
15	She went out shopping in the car with me
16	And she went down to check in the winter time and she said your van was really dry .
17	I think if she went in to live in the back woods , you know , way beyond
18	We went on to talk about the articles in Time and Tide that had so provoked Rebecca West , and Father D'Arcy observed how , in dealing with ‘ difficult ’ correspondents , it was important to strike the right note in replying .
19	We went on to fight alongside the North African people for their independence .
20	We lay on the hard , orange clay and went through the different procedures that we would use when we went off to fire on the shooting range .
21	We went out to wait for the others .
22	Cranston stood up and linked his arm through Athelstan 's as they went out to stand at the door whilst the ostler saddled their horses .
23	Blenning Bombers , er were these Bostons and Harvards they er quite a twin engine quite a wide wingspan and quite heavy for what they were , but as they were stripped down in , in the top hanger , and like I say a lot of stuff was salvaged from them , which was still good as they went out reconditioned at the other end .
24	He is yet another in a long line of Scottish internationalists whose generous gifts on the park were matched by an outrageous streak when they went out to play in the recreational sense .
25	‘ Now I know what else it was Dr Iverson did when he went through to see to the claret before dinner . ’
26	He went on gazing into the flames and she knew his thoughts were too far away for her words to reach him .
27	He had found he had a good voice and was taking singing lessons , and he went on flirting with the piano and a trumpet he had bought between practising his flute .
28	But that was perhaps not enough , and he went on to explain to the congregation and to the Prince of Wales as the new President that there was a ‘ more searching question ’ to be asked about validation :
29	He went on to reflect on the foundation of new branches .
30	His last years were marred by debilitating illness but , a compulsive worker , he went on writing until the end , dying at his home in Cambridge 19 December 1978 .