Example sentences of "went [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went on into the room where a middle-aged Moroccan woman lay sprawled on his bed , open-legged and completely naked . |
| 2 | But Steven had a b-i-g problem , because he had spent his whole life in Never Never , a land not best known for its grasp of real life , and his idea of what went on in the world outside was limited to the hazy notions he had picked up … from the movies . |
| 3 | A light went on in the house opposite . |
| 4 | Juliet went along to the kitchen where the kettle was usually boiling . |
| 5 | Blooming great fine statue of p and then you went down to the road where the Wolferton . |
| 6 | I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end . |
| 7 | ‘ Brian Williams went down on the ball once and had his head blatantly stamped on and he has a bad cut , ’ he added . |
| 8 | We went down into the crypt where the wooden hand of Capitaine Danjou lay in a glass case . |
| 9 | Periodically I went down into the warmth below , to write up my notes and check them over against the ship 's design plans , which Nils had produced for me before going off with Iain to talk to the Navy Yard people . |
| 10 | Wexford laughed and they went down in the lift together . |
| 11 | The four sets of parents went in to the Panel separately , although they were to be treated as one case . |
| 12 | Maggie went through to the kitchen where April was rolling pastry and Pet , her fourteen-year-old sister , paring and cutting up apples . |
| 13 | " Is he indeed , " muttered her father , and went through to the back where there was a newly planted orchard and herb garden . |
| 14 | After a short search they found a half brick made of concrete and went over to the water through . |
| 15 | She nodded mutely , and while she did as she was told he went over to the bed where Effie had begun to writhe and cry out , and her pains , which were erratic , had started again — that they were so erratic was another bad sign , Dr Neil quietly explained . |
| 16 | " If I went over to the hotel now and had supper , that would give you about an hour to find a man and get ready . |
| 17 | And then she went over to the attack again . |
| 18 | She went over to the shelf where she had left her drink , and stared down in dismay at the overturned glass , the shards of crystal glinting wickedly up at her in the dim light . |
| 19 | The thought of Milward cheered him up , and he got up and went over to the bookcase where the offending pamphlet was stored . |
| 20 | He went over to the spot where Allen had hidden , ‘ … and then moved from tree to tree until he reached the path about twenty paces ahead . |
| 21 | And nodding his head in agreement with that , Mr Wolski took his broom and went off down the path away from the Cages , for it saddened him more and more to see the eagles there . |
| 22 | He went off down the street just as McCrea 's flailing hand missed his jacket by six inches . |
| 23 | ‘ Fernand went off in the tractor soon after lunch , ’ said Sue . |
| 24 | Pooley deposited the tray in the Coffee Room and went up to the gallery where Fishbane was awaiting a summons . |
| 25 | I went up to the tower sometimes later in the evening for a talk , he had said I might . |
| 26 | Here , in an empty silence , he unpacked his bicycle panniers and went up to the pantry where the bulk of the xerox squatted amongst unsavoury tea-towels beside a tea-stained sink . |
| 27 | We went up onto the station again . |
| 28 | The notice board went up outside the pub today and Charles will update them very week . |
| 29 | He went out of the orchard most uneasily , turning every so often to look at her as she contemplated her hens . |
| 30 | That young girl hardly out of her teens , married to an ailing elderly man , probably never went out of the house apart from these visits to the hospital . |