Example sentences of "the [noun] go [adv prt] and the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talk went on and the fruit tray became a pile of peelings , the cottage cheese bowl emptied and all was removed . |
| 2 | Then the light went off and the door opened . |
| 3 | And as pulled the peg the spring went out and the ball went like that ! |
| 4 | Due to a now-realized continuity error , the blue sky turns to red , the sun goes down and the saucer flies on through the night . |
| 5 | When the sun went down and the evening turned chill the cider-heads made for the warmth of the Wheel Tapper bar . |
| 6 | The sun went in and the ballroom was again shrouded in gloom — empty , but for Miss Theodosia Kyte , dreaming a foolish dream ! |
| 7 | As the days went by and the busy little transport box seemed to be making only slow way into the huge heap of lime , he no longer eased it out on the blade of the shovel for the wind to take it but scattered it anywhere out of sight , anywhere to be rid of it . |
| 8 | The truth was that as the days went by and the heavy rain showed no sign of slackening for very long it became clear that something very frightening had begun to happen . |
| 9 | At least he and Lavinia had each other and Shaw Place although as the years went by and the money grew less , things became increasingly difficult . |
| 10 | The years go by and the Collector undoubtedly felt , as many of us feel , that one uses up so many options , so much energy , simply in trying to find out what life is all about . |
| 11 | Then the weeks went by and the radio stations went off , one by one . |
| 12 | But the weeks went by and the 5 months I had off work which at first seemed an eternity soon became 5 weeks and then 5 days . |
| 13 | We went with Traffens one year , the first year in fact we went with Traffens and that was super because when we got to the other side sort of , it was then about ten o'clock he said well if you if there 's enough people want it we will transform your transform your seats into bunks and most people wanted and you were able to push the seats so one , two pairs of seats one of the seats went up and the other went down and you had four bunks |
| 14 | So the funeral went on and the person was lowered into the grave that had been dug and the grave digger was asked to stay behind and they quickly got it put where it should be . |
| 15 | I I was also thinking o of Veestol and and er the weapons going on and the mistakes anyway on on the developing a harrier replacement , is the R A F still interested in that as a feature a short take-off vertical take-off ? |
| 16 | A radar beam is one that you send out and it bounces off the thing you 're trying to measure the distance of and then the beam comes back and is picked up again and you measure the time between the beam going out and the beam coming back , and that 's twice the time it takes for the beam to get to the object and back again . |
| 17 | His thoughts sway constantly between the desire to go on and the desire to settle down for a relaxed evening with a book in the secure knowledge that he wo n't have to go on . |
| 18 | And yet , as the evening went on and the moon rose and the wine went down , new candles , another log for the fire , shadows swaying on the walls , she seemed to become to him what Catherine was to George . |
| 19 | ‘ Thank God for Madge , ’ Busacher reflected grimly as the curtain went up and the enchanted ballroom brought a round of applause from the audience . |
| 20 | He kissed her fervently and they stayed that way until the lights went up and the usherettes began moving down the aisles with their trays of icecream . |
| 21 | Halfway between Victoria and Gatwick there was a power failure , the lights went out and the train ground to a halt . |
| 22 | RUC were taking some time to settle down but once Davy Barbour had landed his first penalty from about 50 metres the lights went out and the Holywood stars faded . |
| 23 | the lights go out and the guide will remind us |
| 24 | when the lights go out and the lying begins . |
| 25 | The hole in the screen coincided with screams and the lights going up and the immediate disappearance of the images . |
| 26 | As the debate goes on and the political parties bid for votes and support , Leila , Fatima and Samira are still confined to the library . |
| 27 | On reaching the city centre the generator goes off and the bus runs on in virtual silence . |
| 28 | The sun goes down , the racing goes on and the keenest fans keep watching . |
| 29 | The reason was they set their alarm , they were terribly conscientious about setting their alarm clock so they 'd wake up in the morning to go to the exam , and er it was a very loud alarm clock so not the kind of thing you could sleep through , but come the morning of the exam the alarm went off and the student started to dream that they were out hearing church bells or something , you know they 're walking around hearing all these church bells , thinking is n't it nice , you know , it 's Sunday morning , oh I could go on sleeping . |
| 30 | An attempted break-in at King Hope accountants in Romanby Road , Northallerton , was thwarted when the alarm went off and the would-be thieves fled . |