Example sentences of "he went [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now I know what else it was Dr Iverson did when he went through to see to the claret before dinner . ’ |
| 2 | He went on gazing into the flames and she knew his thoughts were too far away for her words to reach him . |
| 3 | He had found he had a good voice and was taking singing lessons , and he went on flirting with the piano and a trumpet he had bought between practising his flute . |
| 4 | But that was perhaps not enough , and he went on to explain to the congregation and to the Prince of Wales as the new President that there was a ‘ more searching question ’ to be asked about validation : |
| 5 | He went on to reflect on the foundation of new branches . |
| 6 | His last years were marred by debilitating illness but , a compulsive worker , he went on writing until the end , dying at his home in Cambridge 19 December 1978 . |
| 7 | He went on looking at the disgusting bits . |
| 8 | He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful . |
| 9 | After a distinguished student career at Emmanuel College , Cambridge , he went on to study at the University of Paris under Suzanne Bastid . |
| 10 | He went on going through the motions of being a poet until the very end , and inevitably , because he kept in practice , hit upon some successes — ‘ gleams like the flashing of a shield ’ occur in unexpected places . |
| 11 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |
| 12 | He went on staring at the Hare-woman . |
| 13 | He went straight to work on the swollen sheep , and managed to save almost all of them . |
| 14 | He went further to deal with the question as to whether or not the liquidators had public interest immunity in case the issue should become relevant later . |
| 15 | ‘ But if he went out flailing with the score at 0-1 in a Test and got out , he would be crucified . |
| 16 | The early career of the great missionary John Wesley showed the problems facing Anglicans in an area without bishops ; when he went to preach in the newly-launched colony of Georgia from 1735 to 1737 the Church of England made no provision for his activity , and he went out attached to the Moravians . |
| 17 | The mother shouted at one of the boys and he went back to sit in the small lorry . |
| 18 | He went quickly to sleep with the lights still all on , his body hot and rigid , curled up into a tight ball , and his eyes screwed up tight . |