Example sentences of "it went [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The last I saw of it was the bow sticking out of the water as the ship broke its back , and it went up in a V-shape , a Victory sign if you like , but we knew there were two men on board , one of whom I knew as a mess-mate . ’
2 He said , He saw one boy hit one of these tops and it went straight over a house top .
3 He could n't believe it went ahead at a time when the firm was in financial trouble .
4 But someone discovered in China that you could put them together and it went off with a bang .
5 defendant with handicap of 24 hit ball with toe of his golf club , so that it went off at an angle of 30 degrees .
6 It went off inside a bin which shot into the air sending clouds of smoke everywhere .
7 As it went down to a flutter of clapping , John added : ‘ They wanted to study the effects .
8 I took the hot , spicy drink and it went down like a stream of molten lava .
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