Example sentences of "went [adv prt] on the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Life was not quite a state of nature or a question of the survival of the fittest , but in times of no food parcels the partition separating us from that state was unpleasantly thin and even at the best of times it was thin enough to be able to hear most of what went on on the other side . |
| 2 | Carey went over on the right ankle during a friendly game with Armagh a fortnight ago , and is still gingerly finding his way back to full fitness . |
| 3 | As he rounded the leeward mark for the first time , Pat Marshall in 9th place found himself being covered by Simon Allen and so went off on the opposite tack to get clear of the dirty wind , followed by Chris Eyre . |
| 4 | He went back on the last-minute promise to them to delay the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 5 | Oxford Regional Health Authority explained why it went back on the original decision saying , ’ We understood that the law said quite clearly the health authority could not provide treatment in private homes . |
| 6 | Who were the two characters who ‘ went by on the other side ’ in the Parable of the Good Samaritan ? |