Example sentences of "[noun pl] went [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dragons went down 5–0 at Dulwich Hamlet and positional changes are guaranteed . |
| 2 | And the , the price was thirty nine pounds and as far as I know at the time the , the pianos went down that terrace I do n't think anybody could play it properly . |
| 3 | The exercise of this right , whose origins went back many centuries , could not always be easily achieved . |
| 4 | When the lights went on five minutes later , we were still all lying on the floor . |
| 5 | Inside her head , the lights went out one by one , systems shut down . |
| 6 | The Sisters went off unconvinced , but a month later some had softened slightly towards their wayward guest . |
| 7 | The firms profits went up 18 per cent . |
| 8 | Sir James picked up a 67 per cent increase to £571,000 when profits went up seven per cent . |
| 9 | The Princeton researchers went back 40 years for their statistics , covering nine recessions . |
| 10 | One in four men in this country has been a scout , but the camp site image has remained the same ; despite the fact that the short trousers and wide hats went out 20 years ago . |
| 11 | In a world like this , merchant ships went around armed against pirates , and non-Spanish merchant ships which sailed to South America found that citizens of towns on the ‘ Spanish Main' ( the mainland area which is now the coast of Venezuela ) would ask to be forced to trade . |
| 12 | Whose arms went out first they would never know , but suddenly they were holding each other tightly , their mouths hungry for each other . |
| 13 | ninety ninety one prices went up thirteen percent on average , and in ninety one ninety two by fifteen percent . |
| 14 | CHILDREN went back 300 years in time when they arrived at Speke Hall . |
| 15 | That compares with an estimated 200,000 cocaine users and seizures by the police went up last year by 3,500% . |
| 16 | Today 's shares : Abbey National up sixteen to two hundred and thirty , British Aerospace down eighteen at five five nine , British Airways down nought point five at one four four , British Gas up six at two three two , British Telecom went up seventeen to two nine O point five , Goodhead Publishing Group were up two to sixty , Metalbox went down twenty five to one one two five , Morland Brewers went down five to two hundred and seventy , and Oxford Instruments were up , they were up five to two five seven , Thames Water were up eleven at two hundred and thirty four , the Trustee Savings Bank was up six at a hundred and thirty eight , and today 's major movers , Reuters , down seventy to seven O three , Bass up seventy seven to one O five O. |
| 17 | Today 's shares : Abbey National down one at two two seven point five , British Aerospace up six at five four five , British Airways unchanged at a hundred and thirty seven , British Gas went down two point five to two two three , while British Telecom went down one to two seven five , the Goodhead Publishing Group stayed at fifty eight , Metalbox unchanged at one O eight eight , Morland Brewers went down two to two hundred and sixty eight , but Oxford Instruments stayed at two hundred and thirty , Thames Water down four at two two eight , Trustee Savings Bank up two point five at a hundred and thirty seven point five , and today 's major movers , Reuters up twenty four at seven hundred and thirteen , and Bass up ten at one O four six . |
| 18 | Its regional press and magazine holdings went back some time but were not large enough to qualify it as a media company . |
| 19 | Today 's share prices : Abbey National down two at two two eight , British Aerospace down twenty two at five three seven , British Airways down three at a hundred and forty one , British Gas went down four point five at two two seven point five , British Telecom down six point five at two hundred and eighty four , Goodhead Publishing Group stayed at sixty , Metalbox down fifty to one O O seven five , Morland Brewers unchanged at two hundred and seventy , Oxford Instruments went down four to two three three , Thames Water was down five at two two nine and the Trustee Savings Bank went down one to a hundred and thirty seven . |
| 20 | Morland Brewers stayed at two six three , while Oxford Instruments went down two to two two four . |