Example sentences of "[pron] went [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We reached Afdam Station on 19 December , four days after leaving Bahdu , and from there I went up next day by train to Addis Ababa .
2 I tell you , I went up those steps faster than a scalded faggot , propelled by a barbarous diuretic terror on behalf of my exposed rear end The heavy door at the top did n't give until the fifth push , but by then I had turned , and seen the shrugging figures as they retreated into the light , and now I could hear only laughter .
3 I went up last week , and erm , everyone , there was no one there , so er .
4 I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect .
5 I went round all the departments at WTN , asking for support .
6 I went round all the classes
7 I went round another corner and took out the map to find out where I was , but it did n't help .
8 I went round this morning with the parish magazine .
9 Having said all they needed to on this subject , they left it , and Alice said after a pause , " I went round this afternoon .
10 ‘ Father left me a bit and she thinks I went through that a long time ago .
11 I just bi I went outside , I mean , I was gon na go outside five minutes before and not notice anything , and I went out five minutes later and I heard this water running .
12 Yeah , I found , only because I went out one night , and , it was when Mike was still next door and what I 'd done I 'd locked him in the back room and he said he was howling
13 Because , you know , I 'd never been skiing before , so I went out all togged up , with like , my tights sort of , like , you know , thermal tights and you know , pair of track suits , sort of bottoms , plus plastic overtop and then I had like , sort of thermal top on , plus the that 's a sort of like , T-shirt , plus the polo-neck plus a jumper , plus a sort of like erm , a sort of sheepskin waistcoat and , and jacket and then this plastic thing over the top .
14 I went out next .
15 I went out half a dozen times in the three years we were married .
16 er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something
17 er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something
18 I went out last night .
19 I went out full , but the Lord has brought me back empty .
20 She said , I went out full th , presumably she and Elimelech had a nice little nest egg , they had a comfortable bank balance , they had plenty , we went out full but now she comes back empty .
21 All I know is that when I went out this morning I found the poor little thing , run over .
22 I went out naked on the landing and looked over the banisters .
23 And I went down one day .
24 I went down one way up the other and
25 Cos th I remember the first time I went down that way over the bridge .
26 So I had to serve a week 's notice and I went down this er what 's the name of it ?
27 I dreamt that I went down those signless roads to the assembly of Leprechauns by a river of stars , and we embarked in an armada of fairy boats , and sailed till the dawn to an unimaginable sea .
28 The first one was community and I know , erm that Catherine was n't very happy about the community side of things and I 've looked at the the pamphlet things and it needs updating a little bit so I took the fact that the Royal Quay 's were down at our doorstep and contacted Linda who was extremely helpful and she 's put together erm , a package of things along with me , I went down last week and the first week the ninth is going to be explaining to the classes what we 're going to be doing , each form teacher will be able to do that and the sixteen and the twenty third there are visits down to the Royal Quay 's Education Centre erm for which
29 ‘ It would be much easier if I went in first and then you could push me up , ’ said Fenella .
30 I went in first and all I saw was standard classroom with a blackboard down one wall , two lines of plain tables and some wooden chairs .
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