Example sentences of "[conj] went [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the people that went before have to sort of do it , but as I say he was n't er , er |
| 2 | Quite a few of the ‘ cricket is boring ’ brigade of know-alls came to may house for Sunday tea , and went away entranced by a brilliant finish involving the last-minute heroics of a David Bairstow or an Eddie Barlow . |
| 3 | What I what I thought was , well let's have erm , Woodrow Wilson , okay , as you said at the beginning of the book , Freud admits that he did n't like Wilson , and that he felt betrayed by Wilson , like a lot of people in Central Europe did I suppose , because you know , Wilson came over erm , with fourteen points as the saviour of the world , and went away leaving with a piece of . |
| 4 | So for a while , the President of the United States effectively had world power , there was no other power in the world who could stand up to the U S , er , after , after , World War One for one argument anyway , and I think Freud 's er , defence disposition would be , Woodrow Wilson was the man who came to Europe , saying he would bring a just peace for all , and went away leaving a total mess , and , and , Freud 's er argument in his book is , told us was , well , the mess er , was really Wilson 's own doing , and if it was his doing , what was it in his character that allowed him to er , si to on some Lloyd George , who bullied him into getting most of what they wanted . |
| 5 | He rather grumpily agreed and went away saying they would have to rehearse . |
| 6 | That at least they could agree with and went away shaking their heads , believing it to be merely another instance of the general moral decline which was overtaking the world . |
| 7 | ‘ Um , ’ I think I replied and went away to think about it , read about it , talk to people about it , and with people who were doing it . |
| 8 | The heir tossed the creature in a well and went away to fight in the Holy Land . |
| 9 | When the military rising began in July 1936 , he joined the CNT militia and went away to fight . |
| 10 | Then , I got sentenced and went upstate to do my time . |
| 11 | ‘ I borrowed some other guy 's gear and went straight back out and lost his too . |
| 12 | When Iarrived home that night I fell into bed and went straight to sleep . |
| 13 | So we planned out our next move and went just went down and did it ! |
| 14 | He got up and went outside to clean the car . |
| 15 | Omero left the den and went outside to find Minky , who was out exercising in the morning air . |
| 16 | I rose , bid him good evening , and went outside to stand in the road and enjoy the scents of darkness and the sight of the moon . |
| 17 | The doctor wished to remove a lymph gland for examination , to verify HTLV3 , but I refused to allow this despite considerable pressure and went instead to see a homeopath . |
| 18 | On one occasion he announced to all those assembled at Apollo Place that he had had enough of life and went downstairs to put his head in the oven . |
| 19 | " Perhaps I 'll have a chat with him , " said Alice vaguely , and went downstairs to survey her territory before going to the telephone . |
| 20 | He threw the face away , and went downstairs to join the party . |
| 21 | I signed more pieces of paper and went downstairs to join the queue outside the clothing store . |
| 22 | She turned away , frustrated , and went downstairs to make lunch . |
| 23 | He bent over , kissed the least precipitous bit of her chin that he could find and went downstairs to find his daughter . |
| 24 | Yes , the atmosphere was outstanding as we put our clothes on and went downstairs to have something to eat . |
| 25 | She pointed at the crepe paper and told Jack it was another bad omen , but he only scoffed at her superstitions and went upstairs to collect his belongings . |
| 26 | ‘ That is not your business ! ’ she shouted and went upstairs to dress for the evening . |
| 27 | I put the kettle on again for myself , and went upstairs to dress . |
| 28 | He left her and went upstairs to telephone the Queen , who was at Sandringham , and inform her of the happy outcome of his proposal . |
| 29 | I shut the front door gently , a symbolic gesture which shut out what sounds there were , and went upstairs to see what that nice lady , Mrs Hamilton , had provided in the way of beds . |
| 30 | He turned and went upstairs muttering to himself . |