Example sentences of "went [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She began plunging the pole down into the pot once more but , feeling suddenly rebellious , she stopped work and went outside for a breath of fresh air . |
| 2 | He appears to have been pleased that someone was fostering the substance which so interested him , and went away with a sample of Oxford material , which was more potent than any he had himself prepared . |
| 3 | So Minter went away with a flea in his ear . |
| 4 | ‘ We eventually fell madly in love and went away for a string of dirty weekends . ’ |
| 5 | As soon as it was light , I crept out of the room and went downstairs for a coffee at a nearby café . |
| 6 | I went home for a week at the end of July , just in time to see the beginning of this new menace , the V1 buzz bombs and I have to say they completely terrified me . |
| 7 | On the day , I went home with a couple of mates and watched football on television . |
| 8 | They were happy affairs — we dressed in our best , played a few games like Farmer In His Den , Blind Man 's Bluff Or Musical Chairs , we enjoyed a tea of sandwiches , chocolate biscuits , ice cream and jelly , sang ‘ Happy Birthday ’ and went home with a slice of cake . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | So he paid the A B C , went early as a result of ill health er but got a lump sum back cos he was n't allowed to go across this . |
| 11 | As he came out of the lavatory , Ian slammed the bathroom door behind him and went past in a wave of Old Spice . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm here , ’ she screamed , and digging her heels into Hermia , went straight into a gallop towards the helicopter , followed by 199 yelling Pony Club members , who fortunately veered off to the left , and did n't trample the new arrivals to death . |
| 13 | Road transfer of these Spitfires to the Glasgow docks went flawlessly as a result of previously-gained experience . |
| 14 | Philippa went across to a tray of goblets , filled two and brought them back . |
| 15 | He got up and went across to a bureau in the corner furthest from the fire , returning a moment later with a folder which he handed to the T'ang . |
| 16 | BY A strange coincidence , two Americans from the same Courtaulds site went abroad on a mission of mercy at the same time . |
| 17 | Er and I went there as a boy after engines and things you know , in then , do you remember them ? |
| 18 | The tiny room at the back of the shop was fitted with a trestle table and two forms and country people went there for a meal on market days . |
| 19 | ‘ Fowler ’ was inserted for ‘ Tebbit ’ on the placards and the demonstration went ahead with a degree of intimidation that made the front page of every national newspaper the next day . |
| 20 | His candidacy thus went forward to a second round run-off scheduled for June 3 , in which his opponent would be an unexpected late entrant Alberto Keinya Fujimori , 52 , of the newly formed Change 90 ( Cambio 90 ) movement who received 24.62 per cent of the vote . |
| 21 | The interview went onwards into a mass of sexual innuendo before Morrissey was removed speedily from young Antonella 's reach by his tour manager . |