Example sentences of "[pers pn] went [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sky clears in the childbirth sequence because of Shatov 's sublime murmurings about the arrival of a new human being , but also because the midwife has her sleeves rolled up , because she is attacking a difficult and strenuous professional job , organizing essentials , masterminding the whole exercise , scolding Marie Shatov who allowed Shatov to get between her and the family in which she was a governess ‘ with the egotistical object of marrying you , laughing at the distraught husband on his knees unable either to bear the sound or block his ears before the birth ; and when all is tidied up , ‘ after some pleasant–es about ‘ the happy couple' ’ which were not without a touch of contempt and superciliousness , she went away as well satisfied as before . ’ |
| 2 | So we went ahead as planned : Beryl , Cathy Carne — you 've met Cathy ? |
| 3 | The sun was just as hot , and the sea was just as wet , and the stars just as starry when he went away as when he was there . |
| 4 | Every time that he had been inside the Citadel he went home as soon as his day 's work was finished and scrubbed his body from toe to scalp . |
| 5 | He maintains that it went straight as i die , whereas I think that it curled and dipped ( not to any great extent ) into the top right corner . |
| 6 | Our press date prevents us giving details of this run but it must have been quite a spectacle if it went ahead as reported , and would have provided a fitting finale to an outstanding season of operations . |
| 7 | It went precisely as he wished . |