Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | The civilian went up the ladder and retrieved the attaché case . |
| 3 | The hand closed over the receiver picked up vibration , and the cord to the microphone went up the wearer 's sleeve unobtrusively . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The ball went down the Leeds left wing and was turned onto Deanes outstretching head . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | My wife went down the fellside to a cottage and the lady kindly called 999 for help . |
| 8 | ‘ Drink went down the wrong way . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | On Thursday the weedkiller train went up the Cambrian Coast , thus spending two nights at Machynlleth . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , I dropped the paintbrush , which of course went down the loo . |
| 15 | A BR spokeswoman said : ‘ The gang went down the train smashing windows and light bulbs and scaring the passengers . |
| 16 | My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking . |
| 17 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The flood was up to the top of the stove already , and as the gas went out the saucepan went afloat and he was scalded by a stream of boiling water that mixed with the cold . |
| 20 | Woman and the man went up the garden |
| 21 | Dionne went for the outlaw type , or so she said , then mothered and civilised them until they were unrecognisable , and when her dream of civilised and raunchy equality went out the slammed door , there she was alone again , smoking a little more than usual , drinking a little more than necessary and swearing herself to celibacy until the next sulky brow slouched into view and stole her hopeful heart away . |
| 22 | By the time the eighth wicket went down the lead was already 264 , so perhaps it was unkind of Baptiste and Holding to hammer 150 in 113 minutes for West Indies ' ninth wicket record against England . |
| 23 | The spider went up the spout is me , down come the rain and out come the sun , all the sun came out in the rain , Insy Winsy spider climbed up again |
| 24 | She goes Dear Doctor Allen , My Mum and Dad went out the other day and I was bored so I started rubbing my dog and my dog got turned on and so did I . |
| 25 | Against San Marino at Hampden in November 1991 , Scotland scored three times in the first half but then finished up with so many forwards that order went out the window and only one more goal was scored amid the scramble created by having Mo Johnston and Kevin Gallacher supplement John Robertson , McCoist and Gordon Durie . |
| 26 | The loco went down the embankment taking some of the tanks with it , and the wreckage together with trees standing in the field were enveloped in flames which took several hours to extinguish . |
| 27 | Well er my mother went down the yard , I wo n't tell you about the other , sister . |
| 28 | My mother went down the yard and seen the boss and asked him if he could get and the fact that my mother went down the yard I suppose er he must have felt sorry for us . |
| 29 | My mother went down the yard and seen the boss and asked him if he could get and the fact that my mother went down the yard I suppose er he must have felt sorry for us . |