Example sentences of "[noun] went [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watkins particularly noted notches where the ley went over a hilltop . |
| 2 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 3 | Today it was closed but the delightfully cold ice-cream from the small shop at the entrance went down a treat . |
| 4 | With luck ‘ Mummy ’ might disbelieve the dire tale , especially if the bruise went down a little before she saw it . |
| 5 | Every time the car went round a corner you had to turn the whole radio round to face a different way That was the only way you could get half-decent reception . |
| 6 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 7 | Patrick Kelly and Frederick Flowers went back a long way . |
| 8 | We 'd been providing cover for the convoy , when a vehicle went over a land mine . |
| 9 | I set about building up an act with the aid of Rag magazines , joke-books , a gag nicked from here , a gag nicked from there and at my next engagement , four days later , I was billed as a comic and my fee went up a few quid . |
| 10 | Liz , like a pale convent girl too long mewed up , went wild in her first year , as she discovered the world of parties she had hitherto known only by reading and by hearsay : in those days , such was the imbalance between the sexes , women were much in demand as status symbols , as sleeping partners , as lovers , as party ballast , and Liz went out a great deal , her appearance improving dramatically as she did so . |
| 11 | The old woman went along a short passage , passed a scullery and continued on a few yards . |
| 12 | After all , his links to Christian democracy went back a long way . |
| 13 | Socialist support went down a fraction , with losses in the north compensated by gains in the south . |
| 14 | MANAGER Micky Stewart went out a winner yesterday as England beat Pakistan . |
| 15 | The two Constables … in a further neglect of duty went down a back entry , where they were caught smoking together , and later one of the Constables and the Acting Sergeant falsely concocted a story to disguise these infractions … |
| 16 | My opinion of Joey B. went up a point or two . |
| 17 | It was normal for a boy to start at 45 at age 14 , and for the next four years his pay went up a shilling a year . |
| 18 | Although ‘ systematization ’ struck many of its critics in the West in 1988–89 as an insane novelty , in fact its roots went back a long way . |