Example sentences of "[pers pn] went [adv prt] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During my spell on the late desk I went out on no fewer than eleven murders . |
| 2 | I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave . |
| 3 | ‘ It means of course , ’ she went on in the same level tone , ‘ that you will not be free to make a decision until your uncle dies . |
| 4 | But Dreadnought , let alone all her other weak places , had been holed amidships by a baulk of timber , and before long the water poured into her with a sound like a sigh and she went down in a few seconds . |
| 5 | We went round in the same circles for half an hour and I left feeling a mind-numbing frustration , far worse than anything induced by meetings with the Foreign Office . |
| 6 | She was most solicitous ( scheming bitch ! ) so he told her that his wife was cured and they went back to the same old routine . |
| 7 | But they went back to the same orphanages which were grim.There was a determination to help them . |
| 8 | However , they went along with the many changes in the hope that the increasing emphasis on training might help our young people to find jobs . |
| 9 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 10 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
| 11 | He went out for a few moments and stood on the steps between the Greek pillars , looking in the direction of the Residency for any sign of movement . |
| 12 | And so it went on for a few more minutes and then Anna returned , bearing a red packet labelled " Marlboro " . |
| 13 | It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print . |
| 14 | Bit of a coincidence there , it went off at the same time as this ha as the tape stopped |