Example sentences of "[noun pl] went [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN the early twenties the genre of the moving pictures went through the cultural life of the lieges of the auld toon of Glasgow , like a dose of the Epsom . |
| 2 | Nuadu 's eyes went to the other captives and Fenella at once said , ‘ Yes , of course , all of you . |
| 3 | Neither Matthew nor the girl was aware that she had come into the room , and as Beth 's eyes went from the unique expression of wonder on the boy 's handsome face , to the girl 's slender form … the small budding breasts , and the young limbs that were already shaping into those of a young woman … a strange sense of revulsion shivered through her . |
| 4 | Some jews went in the opposite direction by expropriating a territory in Palestine ( on the grounds of an historical occupation ) to substantiate their claim to being a nation . |
| 5 | I shall return to this point later , but must first record how matters went in the Divisional Court , omitting for present purposes any reference to an alternative ground of relief concerning the Director 's refusal to wait whilst the applicant pursued his application for legal aid , which failed in the Divisional Court and was not renewed on appeal . |
| 6 | After a short interregnum in which appeals went to the Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division , the EAT was established to hear appeals on points of law from industrial tribunals . |
| 7 | Spicers went to the High Court claiming the request was oppressive : it relied on Cloverbay , an earlier case in which the availability of an order was restricted to enabling an administrator to get ‘ sufficient information to reconstitute the state of the knowledge a company should possess ’ . |
| 8 | Social workers went to the primary school in St Margaret 's Hope , a brand new open-plan building , and removed them from there in front of the other children . |
| 9 | Nationalist candidates identified with the Palestine Liberation Organization won nine out of 12 seats in elections to the Nablus chamber of commerce held on May 21 ; only two seats went to the Islamic list , identified with Hamas . |
| 10 | The remaining Assembly seats went to the Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians ( eight ) , independents ( eight ) , the Democratic Party ( seven ) , the Party of Democratic Action ( three ) , the Alliance of Reform Forces of Vojvodina ( two ) , the Party of Serbian Peasants ' Union ( two ) , and to seven other parties taking one seat each . |
| 11 | The two remaining seats went to the Democratic Party ( Democratische Partij — DP — three in 1985 ) and to a new party , Nos Patria . |
| 12 | In a triumph for the centre and right , the chief victors were the CEDA ( 117 seats ) and the Radicals ( 104 ) ; some forty seats went to the extreme right of Carlists and Alfonsists . |
| 13 | A few weeks after the first officials went into the remote poppy valley , the charity began receiving visits from Pakistani and Afghan tribesmen and landlords demanding large sums in ‘ compensation ’ . |
| 14 | As it happened all his discoveries went against the Peripatetic views , and as he advanced so the attacks on him grew , largely because the lesser ones among opponents saw their cosy lives of repetitions of dogma in danger . |
| 15 | During the late Seventies and early Eighties , all , or almost all of these places went to the fortunate members of the left 's slate . |
| 16 | DARLINGTON bowlers went into the national record books this week when the women 's Yetton Trophy team beat Boston to clinch an All England semi-final place . |
| 17 | The trophy for the cow achieving the highest butter fat and protein records over three years went to the British Holstein Castledon Donfloss 4 , belonging to Norman Gotts , of Wickford , Essex . |
| 18 | But American aims went beyond the mere exclusion of Free France from this particular theatre of operations . |
| 19 | Marginally , more resources went to the Urban Programme , but the cities lost funds from mainstream expenditure . |
| 20 | There were inns and stalls , shops , swings , and merry-go-rounds ; all the money from these things went to the eldest brother . |
| 21 | It was enough to daunt most people , but she once told me that the only thing that dismayed her was sorting out their incredible mass of luggage , making sure that the right things went by the right route and that nothing was left behind . |
| 22 | If a body exercising the statutory powers went beyond the four corners of the act , then the court could intervene . |
| 23 | Passengers went to the open doors and looked up and down the platform , trying to make out why they were stuck there , but no one looked up on to the roof of the car . |
| 24 | Other great cities went in the same direction , without any questions being asked in central government , or by the opposition , about the electoral system . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought you were going to undress me very slowly ? ’ she murmured , as his fingers went to the satin-covered buttons on her blouse . |
| 26 | Younger sons went into the British Army , and one became a distinguished admiral in the Royal Navy . |
| 27 | AT the end of an exciting morning 's play in which all three foursomes matches went to the final green , England established a one-point lead over Ireland on the second day of the Women 's Home international golf championship 's at Hermitage . |
| 28 | One of the features of the morning foursomes was that no less than five out of the six matches went to the 18th green , or beyond , before the professionals emerged with a 4 to 2 lead . |
| 29 | Another of the girls went into the nursing profession , while Gary joined the satanists . |
| 30 | Arsenal and Blackburn , who also admire Earle , will watch any developments , while Liverpool were in touch with Wimbledon the minute the three players went on the open market . |