Example sentences of "went [adv prt] at [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From then onwards the transformation of the English landscape , or of a considerable part of it , went on at a revolutionary pace . |
| 2 | Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade . |
| 3 | On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day . |
| 4 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 5 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 6 | First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave . |
| 7 | never tell , a girl we know went over at the same time as he did got it this year . |
| 8 | It was Martin who took the reins and as he cried , ‘ Gee-up ! you there , you flibbertigibbet ! ’ the horse , as if recognising the voice , tossed its head and went off at a spanking pace down the road , and as they laughed , Harry said , ‘ Would you believe it ! |
| 9 | I , I said I was sp you were speaking to an expert er so we went off at a blind tangent . |
| 10 | He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him . |
| 11 | I remember the smiles of delight which spread across the face of one mother when the little fleshly alarm clock which I had been handed , went off at the crucial moment . |
| 12 | Bit of a coincidence there , it went off at the same time as this ha as the tape stopped |
| 13 | He promptly went off at the next corner , punctured and limped the last five miles on a flat . |
| 14 | ‘ It could be inferred from the date of university graduation , provided of course , that he went up at the usual time . ’ |
| 15 | I went back at a slow run , glowing with energy and feeling even better than I had at the start of the Run . |