Example sentences of "went [adv] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems , ’ he went on in a calmer voice , ‘ that Rickie and Robin-Anne are among the sizeable minority of the population that is peculiarly prone to severe addiction . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It is , actually , ’ she went on in a normal voice . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll ring for a taxi , ’ he went on in a flat tone . |
| 4 | He went on in a similar vein . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 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 | He stopped and went on in a low voice , ‘ I came back early from school and when I came in I saw she 'd been crying . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You can tell your father , ’ she went on in a low voice , ‘ there 's plenty in the valley willing to help . |
| 10 | Miraculously , her voice went on in a steady stream , without a quiver , while her mind tried to take in what had happened . |
| 11 | Among the more fascinating of his cases is one of a woman ( whom I shall call Judith ) who , having regressed to being a young woman in a previous lifetime ( we 'll call her Alice ) , went on in a later session to regress to being Alice 's mother — who , it is interesting to note , had died at the precise moment her daughter was born . |
| 12 | Oh , I can read the signs as well as anyone , ’ Dora went on in a sudden surge of indignation as Melissa 's eyebrows lifted . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw Liza Carrow , ’ Eleanor went on in a matter-of-fact way . |
| 14 | ‘ I did mean what I said last night , ’ she went on in a strangled whisper . |
| 15 | When the Titanic was finally located on the sea-bed a crew went down in a tiny submarine to explore the wreckage . |
| 16 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |
| 17 | He then attacked a third which went down in a vertical dive , apparently into the sea . |
| 18 | The Fishguard-based crabber Inspire went down in a calm sea when a huge wave swamped it . |
| 19 | She received the watch and chain from the pawnbroker 's daughter , together with the new pawn ticket and fivepence , and went off in a pleasured state over the transaction , although a little worried that Queen Mary might find out that her naughty niece wanted to show her legs riding bareback on a circus horse . |
| 20 | Ammunition , grenades , and demolition explosives went off in a deadly firework display . |
| 21 | 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 . |