Example sentences of "he went [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went over to a flowerbed and felt around in the mud . |
| 2 | He went over to an ornate walk-in fireplace surmounted by heraldic animal heads carved in stone and pulled a fraying red cord . |
| 3 | In the final between Bridgend and Gloucester , after a flash of brilliance from Glen Webbe towards the end when he went over for a magnificent try and another brilliant individual effort by him when he sent over Mark Jones , Bridgend clinched a 22–12 victory . |
| 4 | Then he went on to a merciless performance as an inarticulate Garda , who had been called to the school to deliver the annual lecture on road safety . |
| 5 | He went on for a long time — we had such energy , then , in our quarrels — and sank deeper and deeper into what was really absurdity , saying that it was all his fault , he had been a lousy husband , too absorbed in his job to notice I was bored and fretting because I was ‘ wasting my education ’ , and that if only I had been ‘ straight ’ with him , we could have done something to put this right . |
| 6 | He went on in a similar vein . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ he went on in a low voice , ‘ I lie awake at night thinking of what would happen to this place if you should die without issue . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The next morning , ’ he went on in a flat emotionless voice , ‘ I rose late . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone . |
| 10 | ‘ Partly as a result of excessive leniency , ’ he went on in a familiar line of argument , ‘ there has been developed a pestiferous class of young ruffians who have caused great suffering to the respectable … to whom they have become a terror . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll have other interests now , though , ’ he went on in a friendly , easy manner . |
| 12 | ‘ Now let's go over it once more , ’ he went on in an encouraging voice . |
| 13 | However he went on in an important passage to say that if contractual restrictions appear to be unnecessary or to be reasonably capable of enforcement in an oppressive manner then they must be justified before they can be enforced . |
| 14 | ‘ I was going to propose to you properly that weekend , ’ he went on after a long , blissful interval . |
| 15 | He went home with a single man whose mantelpiece was crowded with framed family photos — partners , holidays , weddings , babies , graduations , christenings ; the man ( who was gorgeous ) told Boy that he worked in a photo processing lab , and that none of the photos were of his own family or lovers , but were all stolen . |
| 16 | Having got to Bristol , he went home for a short holiday and died . |
| 17 | ‘ Today he went out with a big score on the board and 15 overs remaining . |
| 18 | Playing with Coceres he went out in a level par 36 and started the homeward half with three successive pars to be five shots off the lead . |
| 19 | Me , myself , and I. ’ After losing in the Gotcha Pro early that summer on the South Side of Oahu , he went off on a self-destructive bender . |
| 20 | He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns . |
| 21 | He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him . |
| 22 | He went off with a medium spring to his step and I saw him later with his arms round Donna 's shoulders , which was n't ( as far as I knew ) in his script . |
| 23 | He went off with a lovely bang . ’ |
| 24 | I got my first into the sea close off Sliema and the second was on the way out some miles further out and he went in without a top wing . |
| 25 | However , he went down to a promising Dubliner Noel Higgins of Glasnevin 13–11 . |
| 26 | He went down on a loose ball and my boot landed on him . |