Example sentences of "and went [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas .
2 We crossed the lowered drawbridge and went under an arched entrance depicting the wonderfully carved scene of the Annunciation .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 She paid off the cab at Bart 's Hospital , and went through the main entrance .
6 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 .
7 I knelt down and went through the dead man 's clothing .
8 They met Colebrooke in the passageway outside , thanked him for his attentions and went down the outside steps into the Tower bailey .
9 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 .
10 The moment she hit one of the papers , she braked and went into a long skid , sliding right across the kitchen floor to the other wall , which she thumped into , still standing on her ‘ magic carpet ’ .
11 Through the gate and over the lumpy ground , and she opened the door and went into a long drill hall with a clacking wooden floor .
12 Shikampur kept his advantage as Richards roused his mount to full steam , and a quarter of a mile out Pinza swept past and went into a decisive lead .
13 As I was putting the thermometer back in its case the calf suddenly toppled over and went into a frothing convulsion .
14 During her researches she went to Lord 's to examine the immense collection which belongs to the MCC and went into the Long Room .
15 He rushed past me and went into the nearest building .
16 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 ? "
17 She bought six first-class stamps , took a pound coin from her purse and went into the automatic photo booth .
18 ‘ Wait here , ’ said Mr Rochester , and went into the secret room where a shout of laughter greeted him .
19 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 .
20 They crossed the dirt road and went into the little surgery , cool out of the direct sun .
21 ‘ 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 .
22 She closed the door and waited for a moment , then turned and went into the little bedroom .
23 ‘ He veered across the road and went into the opposite lane where he collided with a transit van . ’
24 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 .
25 He examined this curiously , ignoring my questions , and went into the adjoining stable where his own horse was stabled and did the same .
26 He jumped up from his swivel chair and went into the adjoining office .
27 I dined four times at various places and went to a drunk party at Worcester in someone 's rooms I did not know .
28 Pérez escaped from his residence just before it was surrounded , and went to a private television station from which he made the first of four broadcasts to the nation repudiating the coup .
29 Corbett nodded , rose and moved away ; he emptied his bladder and went to a nearby stream to bathe his hands and face in the cold clear water .
30 I left in the following March , and went to a local authority home for six weeks .
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