Example sentences of "[noun pl] went [v-ing] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coaches and four and post chaises went thundering by in a lather of horses , their occupants cheering and whooping as each milestone was passed . |
| 2 | Blue magnesium flares went spiralling up into the chilly night . |
| 3 | Rory straightened his tie , and with his whisky still burning in his throat , and now his stomach too , he moved along to the gap in the curtains and slid through , back into the ballroom , where people sat drinking at long wooden tables and groups of dancers went whirling round in complicated , ever-changing patterns , all flowing dresses and clasping hands and big red sweaty faces and white shirts and ties and narrow trousers or — even worse — kilts . |
| 4 | and the reds went marching on … |
| 5 | Many unattached skis went sliding off down the hill at incredible speed . |
| 6 | If the police went charging up a blind alley as a result of her information , it would n't be her fault . |