Example sentences of "and went [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked round and went over to a tinker 's stall . |
| 2 | Hilary Seymour-Strachey grabbed the rag , and went over to a picture . |
| 3 | He stood up and went over to an escritoire and took a piece of paper out of a drawer . |
| 4 | She turned Midnight on his hocks and went away at a canter . |
| 5 | He appears to have been pleased that someone was fostering the substance which so interested him , and went away with a sample of Oxford material , which was more potent than any he had himself prepared . |
| 6 | ‘ We eventually fell madly in love and went away for a string of dirty weekends . ’ |
| 7 | Her thoughts were definitely not with her companions , and after a while they dropped her back at her flat and went on to a club together . |
| 8 | However , if I actually wanted to come along and learn some English — I did ‘ O ’ level English , I enjoyed it immensely , but then I did science in the sixth for and went on to a science career — can I come and study English at your school ? |
| 9 | She began plunging the pole down into the pot once more but , feeling suddenly rebellious , she stopped work and went outside for a breath of fresh air . |
| 10 | As soon as it was light , I crept out of the room and went downstairs for a coffee at a nearby café . |
| 11 | As he came out of the lavatory , Ian slammed the bathroom door behind him and went past in a wave of Old Spice . |
| 12 | Lissouba headed the poll and went through to a second round run-off on Aug. 16 against the second-placed Bernard Kolelas of the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development ( MCDDI ) . |
| 13 | Customers and staff at London Willesden Branch chipped in when Martin Deadman , Customer Services Supervisor , dressed as a clown and went round with a collection box . |
| 14 | He played in ten Hampden finals and went home as a winner eight times . |
| 15 | They were happy affairs — we dressed in our best , played a few games like Farmer In His Den , Blind Man 's Bluff Or Musical Chairs , we enjoyed a tea of sandwiches , chocolate biscuits , ice cream and jelly , sang ‘ Happy Birthday ’ and went home with a slice of cake . |
| 16 | My just married son decided to build a wall in his back garden and went along to a bricklayer 's yard to buy a quantity of bricks . |
| 17 | Dessie Loughrey 's long throw was flicked on by Robert Ritchie and the ball deflected off Comrades centre half Dean Gordon and went in off a post . |
| 18 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 19 | He got up and went across to a bureau in the corner furthest from the fire , returning a moment later with a folder which he handed to the T'ang . |
| 20 | I thought of cold nights in Edinburgh and went everywhere with a relaxation I had rarely felt in Peru . |
| 21 | Then it turned around and went back for a drink of water . |
| 22 | They were half-way to the car when she found she 'd left something behind and went back in a flurry of carrier bags and magazines . |
| 23 | Frederick stepped back , lost his balance , and went down like a tree falling . |
| 24 | After breakfast he put a book in his pocket and went out for a walk . |
| 25 | But in the end he could stand it no longer and went out for a walk . |
| 26 | I fell in love with a woman and went out with a man . |
| 27 | The big V remained big to the very last and went out with a flourish . |
| 28 | She returned to bed and went out like a light . |