Example sentences of "[noun] went [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another time in the same club he turned to me and said , ‘ The fellow on my other side went up the Irrawaddy in 1943 and he 's been taking me back there with him . |
| 2 | Trading vessels went down the canal every week to Grimsby and Hull and every month to London . |
| 3 | As O'Grady and Kyle went down the 8th another sudden roar came from the expectant crowd waiting round the 11th . |
| 4 | Ruth went down the stone stairs that curved to the ground floor and followed the archways that led to an inner courtyard that might have been uncomfortably hot but was tempered by a cool fountain that arced water over a frolicking marble dolphin and child below . |
| 5 | Felipe was still having breakfast when Maggie went down the next morning , and it caught her off guard . |
| 6 | so you could pull it up and down and the effects went out the bottom of the tube , the tube came up like that and it came over , and like that and then the shade would be like that and then you could swing it round |
| 7 | The civilian went up the ladder and retrieved the attaché case . |
| 8 | The hand closed over the receiver picked up vibration , and the cord to the microphone went up the wearer 's sleeve unobtrusively . |
| 9 | The crawl went down the Strand , past St James 's , Belgravia and Mayfair , calling at the embassies of Australia , Canada , India , Bolivia , Peru , Columbia , Ecuador , Mexico , Myanmar , the USA and Brazil . |
| 10 | A large proportion of balls went down the leg side , which was not the ideal means of curtailing the driving of Boon , Briers and Whitaker . |
| 11 | so he just kept going , so the pick-up jammed its anchors on , there was a Rover it was coming the other way , the Rover went up the verge |
| 12 | The ball went down the Leeds left wing and was turned onto Deanes outstretching head . |
| 13 | ‘ Barmen all over the world acquired a fair percentage of my money , ’ Jimmy regrets ‘ And the rest went down the plughole with various business ventures . ’ |
| 14 | Through such developments , a cadre of AEA managers went up the commercial learning curve . |
| 15 | My wife went down the fellside to a cottage and the lady kindly called 999 for help . |
| 16 | ‘ Drink went down the wrong way . ’ |
| 17 | You could get to I know Graham went to , which is way out , other went up the Kimberley and that area , and other went to Sutton . |
| 18 | He had learned one vital piece of information where Riddle went on the night of his disappearance — and he had no wish to persecute these youngsters , who seemed to have acted with good intentions . |
| 19 | Soon after Joe went back the family were notified that Terry was a prisoner of war , and given the address of the Stalag in which he was held . |
| 20 | Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way . |
| 21 | The pop star 's revenge , FEARGAL SHARKEY , formerly wobbly-voiced member of THE UNDERTONES who sought the kicks of teenagers , and wobbly-voiced failed solo star who advised listening to dad ( wonder why his career went down the toilet ) , has swapped allegiances and is now A&R man at Polydor . |
| 22 | If your cigarette went out the screws would come back and light it if they was in the right frame of mind : all depends who was on . |
| 23 | Gabriel went up the ladder two rungs at a time , and stood sweating behind his cloud . |
| 24 | On Thursday the weedkiller train went up the Cambrian Coast , thus spending two nights at Machynlleth . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , I dropped the paintbrush , which of course went down the loo . |
| 26 | That 's why so many of our sons went down the mine — to stop the family becoming homeless . |
| 27 | A BR spokeswoman said : ‘ The gang went down the train smashing windows and light bulbs and scaring the passengers . |
| 28 | My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking . |
| 29 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 30 | I found that love went out the window when it was sweaty socks and handkerchiefs and dirty nappies and all this in front of me and I thought well this is not romance this is bloody hard work . |