Example sentences of "the [noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Thank God for Madge , ’ Busacher reflected grimly as the curtain went up and the enchanted ballroom brought a round of applause from the audience . |
| 12 | As the debate goes on and the political parties bid for votes and support , Leila , Fatima and Samira are still confined to the library . |
| 13 | On reaching the city centre the generator goes off and the bus runs on in virtual silence . |
| 14 | The sun goes down , the racing goes on and the keenest fans keep watching . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The bit where the rest of the family goes out and the cat is after Stuart bores Babur : he thinks it is probably directed at the younger reader . |
| 18 | It was quite painful , especially as the time went on and the contractions were coming closer together . |
| 19 | For a brief moment , the terrible Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher made the lake boil and smoke like a volcano , then the fire went out and the awesome beast disappeared under the waves . |