Example sentences of "[coord] went [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We accept that the statement that he was ‘ beaten to death ’ whilst in police custody was incorrect and went beyond the original inquest verdict of manslaughter .
2 According to Morgan , when he challenged Docherty , The Doc denied being the source of the story and went through the deceptive rituals of ringing the journalist to complain .
3 She paid off the cab at Bart 's Hospital , and went through the main entrance .
4 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 .
5 I knelt down and went through the dead man 's clothing .
6 They met Colebrooke in the passageway outside , thanked him for his attentions and went down the outside steps into the Tower bailey .
7 Doing their best for the glory of Canada , the whole field of eleven swept round the bend and went down the far side as if welded together , and it still seemed when they turned for home that that was how they might finish , in a knot .
8 During her researches she went to Lord 's to examine the immense collection which belongs to the MCC and went into the Long Room .
9 He rushed past me and went into the nearest building .
10 He got up , flung the strange , savage robe around his shoulders again and went into the other room where she heard him shouting through the door " Is that little matter sorted out yet , at the Dog and Gun ? "
11 She bought six first-class stamps , took a pound coin from her purse and went into the automatic photo booth .
12 ‘ Wait here , ’ said Mr Rochester , and went into the secret room where a shout of laughter greeted him .
13 I ca n't stay here crying with the amah wandering around , she realised , and went into the luxurious master bathroom to bathe and change .
14 They crossed the dirt road and went into the little surgery , cool out of the direct sun .
15 ‘ We do n't stamp passports , ’ said the Immigration man huffily as he turned away from the desk and went into the little room behind that served as his office .
16 She closed the door and waited for a moment , then turned and went into the little bedroom .
17 ‘ He veered across the road and went into the opposite lane where he collided with a transit van . ’
18 She took fresh undies , a red cotton dress , and a pair of open-toed court shoes from her case , and went into the adjoining bathroom .
19 He examined this curiously , ignoring my questions , and went into the adjoining stable where his own horse was stabled and did the same .
20 He jumped up from his swivel chair and went into the adjoining office .
21 This movement mostly originated in the central regions ( the West Midlands and the South East ) and went to the peripheral regions and to the ‘ outer ’ southern regions .
22 Mr Bumble jumped to his feet and went to the other end of the room .
23 She clutched the rail to steady herself , reached the deck and went to the closed doors of the lounge .
24 Then she got up and went to the front door and , as she did every night , and had always done , since Jack never cared about such matters , locked and bolted it .
25 He nodded and went to the front door .
26 Adam put the phone down and went to the front door .
27 He was educated at St Malachy 's College in Belfast and went to the former Polytechnic at Jordanstown .
28 But the family simply shrugged and patted the air and went to the far end of the street , and moved into a cottage whose roof did not leak .
29 In World War II he immediately joined the Ministry of Supply and went to the chemical defence experimental station in Porton , near Salisbury .
30 Everyone else had gone to Japan and I was still in New York trying desperately to get a visa for Russia but I could n't get one , so I convince Tony deFries that if I went to Japan and went to the Russian Embassy in Tokyo , they 'd be so confused by an American applying for a visa in Tokyo 's Embassy that i could fake it and get one , and he said I was welcome to try .
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