Example sentences of "they went [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The guard who had brought them went up beside the chair , knelt and spoke quietly to Bruce in a language Corbett could not understand and guessed that it was probably Gaelic , a language totally alien to him . |
| 2 | Feldstein told Holly at what time they went over to the Kitchen for the evening 's food and he spoke of the compulsory attendance afterwards at the Political Education Unit . |
| 3 | When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed . |
| 4 | ‘ So they went up to the village pub and had a few drinks . |
| 5 | And then they went up to the village and it the first one would been 's , 's and and 's . |
| 6 | They went up to the street with her , Tom carrying her coat and Peter her case . |
| 7 | When they went up to the study Ethel and Mary waited outside with the little trays of sundries , catching glimpses of the people in the room , all of them nervously talking in high voices . |
| 8 | On Sunday they went up to the common , a performance ; lifting the pram , Emma still insisted on for the sake of Ruth 's spine , into and off the tube , the escalators . |
| 9 | He met Pilger in the foyer and they went up to the room . |
| 10 | After some minutes they went up to the room . |
| 11 | She lived on the fifth floor of a pre-war block , and when they went up in the lift she casually passed him her handbag and said , Hold this , and started to take her clothes off . |
| 12 | Fear slowed his thoughts , and grudgingly granted him one consolation : at this speed they must come out at the bottom a damn sight faster than they went through at the top . |
| 13 | There were tears in her eyes and when they went through to the kitchen she hugged and kissed them both . |
| 14 | Before they went through to the staff room to take up positions when the parents arrived . |
| 15 | They went through to the studio . |
| 16 | Erm , and you know , let's face it , I did n't have to go through the circumstances that they went through in the war , and there therefore , who who am I to judge |
| 17 | They went through from the house to the barn , from the barn to the smithy , and then finally to the stables . |
| 18 | They took a boat trip to see the seals , and in the evening they went back to the camp and lit a picnic-type disposable barbecue and ate burgers and sausages and fresh crunchy salad they had bought in Blakeney . |
| 19 | They went back to the Franz Joseph together — she liked everyone to see them walking off together when the performance was over . |
| 20 | The next morning , realizing and regretting what they 'd done , they went back to the pub and were relieved to discover that the publican had n't cashed their cheque . |
| 21 | There were waters on the earth , but when the rain stopped , the waters went from off the earth , they went back to the seas , did n't they . |
| 22 | The water lapped about their feet , and they went back to the posts . |
| 23 | Well , I think , I do n't know if they went back to the pits and sort of left , but he did n't want to stay there and and got this job as a gamekeeper . |
| 24 | They went back to the drawing room and settled down into the sofa to talk horses . |
| 25 | Yes , it was a depot for years , then they went back to the Tower of London , where they were formed , the Tower of London . |
| 26 | Well I dare say they went back to the hospital ! |
| 27 | They went back to the Forum . |
| 28 | Then they went back to the ship . |
| 29 | Their suspicions aroused , they went back to the files and studied the signatures ; there appeared to be discrepancies . |
| 30 | At the end of that street , they went back to the bus-stop and to Kilburn where they had worked before . |