Example sentences of "[noun] went a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the pink went a bit |
| 2 | But Ellice went a stage further ; she began to construct alliances with regulationists-especially with the local police chief , Inspector Aniss , bête noir of the repealers — who warmed to her clear message of rescue backed by greater control of the streets . |
| 3 | She bawled lustily as each peg was snatched away , and screeched when the tip of the squirt went a centimetre too far to flick her quim lips . |
| 4 | The hearts of hopes of Oxford fans must have stopped beating at Peterborough on saturday when their team went a goal down , after 35 minutes as Sterling banged one in. 5 defeats in a row has been dreadful . |
| 5 | Allied with this theoretical shift went a reconceptualization of the role played by heredity in individual development . |
| 6 | The service of the pastor was exemplified in Christ 's washing of his disciples ' feet , and so , whatever little present he might have received from another bishop , back went a towel from a seemingly inexhaustible linen cupboard . |
| 7 | The only time things went a bit quiet was when a couple of Eladeldi came in and sniffed around , on patrol , because all gatherings on the plat are at their sufferance , public or private . |
| 8 | Things went a bit flat among the cakes for some … but that 's as nothing to the one recurrent nightmare for the organiser |
| 9 | BRITISH Formula One team Lotus went a step further in their revival plans today by announcing a technical partnership with Mugen-Honda for a supply of V10 Grand Prix racing engines in 1994 and 1995 . |
| 10 | With the chair went a canonry at the cathedral . |
| 11 | Mr Ball was the first Wall Street boss to be axed since Peter Cohen went a year ago in the dismantling of another 1980s tower of babel , Shearson Lehman Hutton . |
| 12 | After five minutes or so and a few shaky moments in some bankside undergrowth , a huge koi graced my net which when put on the scales went a shade over 15lb . |
| 13 | This is what I hear : Froggie went a courting and he did ride , mmmm , mmmm … |
| 14 | Commercial Union pushed 7p ahead to 600p , Sun Alliance added 3p to 368p , Royal Insurance went a penny better to 309p while Guardian Royal gained 2p to 215p. after reporting interim profits in line with the City 's forecasts . |
| 15 | Barbara Gaskin of Jarrolds in Norwich said : ‘ Book Tokens went a bomb , and delivery of new cards was prompt when we had to reorder . ’ |
| 16 | Here in 1814–15 the pair went a step further . |
| 17 | BT went a stage further in its experiment , just completed , involving ten staff from its directory enquiries centre at Inverness who over the past year have been operating from home . |
| 18 | Glaxo lost 4p to 632p , Zeneca dipped 2p to 759p , SmithKline Beecham went a penny easier to 457p although Wellcome escaped by firming a penny to 756p . |