Example sentences of "went [adv] in a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An RAF Hercules transport plane is trying to rescue thirty Russian sailors whose ship went down in a gale in the middle of the South Atlantic . |
| 2 | An RAF Hercules transport plane is trying to rescue thirty Russian sailors whose ship went down in a gale in the middle of the South Atlantic . |
| 3 | The penalty seemed harsh as Jones went down in a collision with John Lukic as they both raced for a 50-50 ball . |
| 4 | In 1984 , Ceauşescu almost went home in a huff from Greece when even Andreas Papandreou 's government balked at awarding the highest honours twice over . |
| 5 | We used this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke . |
| 6 | I sneaked a look behind as we went off in a cloud of dust . |
| 7 | ‘ About 2 o'clock , when within about 4 miles of Green Island , for which we were tacking , Mr. Gould went off in a boat with the hope of reaching it before us , and of finding some penguin 's eggs which he is much in want off [ sic ] . |
| 8 | that 's just they 're the people I 'm going to interview okay then you 've got example yesterday at approximately nine twenty Bacon 's technical college at went up in a barrage of smoke taking one life which is believed to be that of the caretaker who was having a last minute check before leaving the building in the evening . |
| 9 | The bucket went up in a geyser of flame , yellow and blue and white . |
| 10 | There was this scene right at the end where the woman lights a cigarette after she 's left the gas on the cooker on and everything goes up in an explosion ; and then in the very next advert there was a car driving through a field , and the whole field went up in a sheet of flame . |
| 11 | The place went up in a matter of minutes . |
| 12 | As he came out of the lavatory , Ian slammed the bathroom door behind him and went past in a wave of Old Spice . |
| 13 | They went out in a blaze of glory . |
| 14 | They were half-way to the car when she found she 'd left something behind and went back in a flurry of carrier bags and magazines . |
| 15 | In the days which followed , Liza went about in a kind of limbo . |
| 16 | A little while ago , not much more than a few days ago , I was a child who went about in a world of colours , of hard and tangible forms . |
| 17 | The years went by in a bundle of exercise books , seasons succeeding one another as flycatchers came and went , orchids were noted and then vanished , temperatures varied from the normal . |