Example sentences of "went [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But you went on to a nameless belt of chairs and it took you it was Highways and Horizons they called it .
2 After a midweek game in London , the cousins went on to a two-day binge .
3 Janet Walters , an Oxford history graduate who had previously served as a full-time tutor in Northamptonshire in 1943–45 , arrived in August 1952 but resigned two years later : she went on to a successful career in adult education , eventually retiring as principal of Hillcroft College , Surbiton , in 1982 .
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 It went on to a leading role in the ‘ Baker plan ’ , Brady 's predecessor , based on debt rescheduling and new loans , not debt relief .
6 He then went on to a pre-foundation course , then the intermediate course at Sutton Art School , followed by two years at Wimbledon Art School .
7 Despite his sleepless night , de Castelnau at once went on to the Right Bank and plunged into the work of re-animating the defence .
8 The first few days were very trying for Alan as he went on to the new regime suddenly rather than gradually .
9 As is well known , the Sunday Times case then went on to the European Court of Human Rights which held that the injunction violated Article 10 of the Convention and its right to freedom of expression .
10 In 1921 he went on to the Technical College at Bandung , founded only the previous year .
11 He started his carrier as a lyrics writer and then went on to the Daily Telegraph .
12 Gomes went on to an unbeaten century , thanks to Malcolm Marshall .
13 I have of course no intention of suggesting that this intellectual and , by implication , political revolution went on without a single hitch .
14 They were now deeply into their mating dance , oblivious to all that went on beyond the charmed circle of their courtship .
15 There was a lot of dancing to the radio and , later , to John 's guitar ; a lot of Christmas cards were repeatedly sent toppling ; a lot of seasonal goings-on went on under the veritable forest of mistletoe that hung from the centre light .
16 But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside .
17 At nine-thirty tea was served in the next room and conversation went on for a long time , above all if Mérimée or Octave Feuillet ( the novelist who was librarian at Fontainebleau ) were seated next to the Empress .
18 It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says .
19 This sort of exchange went on for a long time .
20 ‘ The attack went on for a long time and the victim is obviously very shocked , ’ said police .
21 The noise went on for a long time .
22 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 .
23 That went on for a long time .
24 And that kind of thing went on for a long time , until I could stand it no longer and decided to leave the USSR .
25 The noise in the Opera House went on for a long time .
26 The royal dinner went on for a long time , but at last Fritz , Sapt , and I were alone in the King 's dressing-room .
27 The last dance went on for a long time .
28 This went on for a long time .
29 The embrace went on for a long time , but Miguel kept his self-control , so that their kisses , although they grew sweeter and more languid , never became threatening .
30 Morrell went on for a comfortable victory over three seconds clear of the defending champion , Mark Kirk , of Ballymena .
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