Example sentences of "he went [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went downstairs to the rumpus room and rummaged behind the tiny bar , and , after digging through a seemingly endless collection of empty pop bottles , came up with half a bottle of rye and some ginger ale . |
| 2 | He went instead to the City Press office , only to find that Catherine had been sent home . |
| 3 | He had led an exciting life in boxing circles before he went away to the war and he did not consider himself to lack nerve , but the plan the little shifty-eyed character was setting out made Billy want to get up and leave right away . |
| 4 | I laughed out loud when he went away with the supper-things . |
| 5 | Bless him , he went away with the promise of a full sitting when I 'd got my face back from the cleaners . |
| 6 | He went hastily towards the door ; he did n't want Martin to come into the room because then he might break down and say things about his mother that were best left unsaid . |
| 7 | In 1915 at Gallipoli Doughty-Wylie won a posthumous VC : at a critical moment in the landing he went ashore from the River Clyde , rallied the remnants of a battalion of the Hampshires , captured the heights above the beach , and there he was killed . |
| 8 | He was told he could suffer permanent damage to his vocal cords if he went ahead with the shows at Birmingham 's National Exhibition Centre . |
| 9 | He went slowly across the room past the bathroom he had just relinquished and found the door beyond that . |
| 10 | He went straight into the bedroom , to the wall where the painted Asiatic doll was perched on the sideboard . |
| 11 | He went straight to the bar in the Franz Joseph . |
| 12 | He went straight to the Passport Office and applied for another one-year renewal . |
| 13 | Erm , last time the do gooders insisted , one of them was left out , he went straight to the South Coast , killed his mum and his |
| 14 | He went straight to the top — with a two-page letter to the Prime Minister . |
| 15 | When he got there he went straight to the bank . |
| 16 | He went straight to the practice putting green to cure a defect that has robbed him of a commanding lead . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , Frank was there all night and then he went straight to the office but they sent him home at lunch-time . |
| 18 | That was in stark contrast to the previous year in the same competition when he went straight to the dressing-room after Widnes lost to Hull . |
| 19 | He went straight from the station to the Keizersgracht where his uncle and aunt lived . |
| 20 | Dotty was n't there to cosset him , and presently he went upstairs to the wardrobe , where Prue made him a cup of tea . |
| 21 | He went fast down the stairs . |
| 22 | Delaney tried to avoid looking at Doctor Nell Anderson as he went forward to the flight deck . |
| 23 | And he went right off the top ! |
| 24 | He went right through the passage to the street and entered the shop like a customer . |
| 25 | He went right through the house when he arrived home but there was no sign of Gwen ; nor of anyone else . |
| 26 | He went right through the body , from head to toe , showing how every part , every last detail , was like the interior of a beautifully fashioned watch . |
| 27 | He went all over the place looking , but he could n't get hold of it I mean it was obviously it was something that he made himself but it was beautiful ! |
| 28 | oh he went all over the place with that |
| 29 | Timothy watched him as he went hurriedly towards the house . |
| 30 | He went deeper into the boatyard , treading like a man on a cliff-edge , and his hip struck the little table , toppling it . |