Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [noun pl] went " in BNC.
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| 1 | New York was long known as the imperial city — the place that drilled tunnels and threw majestic bridges across the East and Hudson rivers , whose railway stations celebrated beaux-arts architecture , and where rich visionaries went to town with such mighty groups of buildings as the Rockefeller Centre . |
| 2 | The first sign was slogans daubed on the wall of a kuttub , a religious school where small children went for their first instruction in the Koran . |
| 3 | More than 500 weavers went on strike in defence of this " ancient custom " , staying out through the winter from November to February before they were reduced to acceptance of the threepence compensation . |
| 4 | More than 2,700 children went through the paediatrics department at Middlesbrough General in the five months she was there . |
| 5 | More than 7,000 firms went under in the three months to September — the highest number since the recession began . |
| 6 | The main tax rates remained unchanged , while most tax allowances and excise duties were increased in line with inflation ( 7.7 per cent over the 12 months to December 1989 ) , although some duties went up by 10 per cent . |
| 7 | Although some strikes went ahead , the estimated 30,000 Russian workers in 18 enterprises who stopped work on May 21 were fewer than had participated in strikes for Russian minority rights in August 1989 [ see pp. 36854-55 ] . |
| 8 | More than 70,000 miners went on strike on March 1 in protest at European Community ( EC ) plans to reduce state subsidies to the coal industry . |
| 9 | Nineteen of the 23 Major Project schools of that time contained clear statements of aims to enhance the curriculum as a whole , although many schools went on to identify particular subjects or departments which required attention first . |
| 10 | On Dec. 5 , 1990 , more than 1,000,000 workers went on strike for 48 hours in protest at a proposed law allowing the dismissal of workers participating in strikes judged to be illegal . |
| 11 | More than 40 officers went on alert when Colonel Martin Gillis-Tweed , 55 , threatened to go berserk with an arsenal of guns . |
| 12 | If these exports went outside the EC they would receive funds from the EC budget . |
| 13 | Well I think you 've heard some of it already in your programme , but in the afternoon session which was extremely interesting , the City Council and Oxford University and the Vale of White Horse District Council and West Oxfordshire District Council have jointly financed some major research for independent research bodies and that research was put forward yesterday , this afternoon rather , to the Panel , and it concerned the economic order , social order and what should come next and so on and so forth , and those academically research papers , not politically prejudiced papers , showed that there would be a loss of 6,150 jobs if these plans went ahead , with an estimated loss to the Oxford economy of between 8 and 17 million pounds a year . |
| 14 | ‘ We always have a laugh about what would happen if these things went to court . |
| 15 | It is a point made so many times by so many people that it has almost lost its meaning : even if all children went to the same nursery , primary and secondary schools , their examination performance and hence their entry to higher education establishments and eventually to well-paid jobs will still vary according to their family background . |
| 16 | Another interesting feature of exchanges of this type is that , under certain conditions , money could be used to fulfil one part of the bargain , i.e. if practical services were being offered in only one direction , or if those services went beyond that which could be contained in normal , on-going reciprocal exchange . |
| 17 | The original writ was served on the day the venue was due to re-open , coupled with the threat of £20,000 fine if any gigs went ahead . |
| 18 | No doubt , it would be very helpful if certain matters went to court for determination , and this may be a factor taken into account in deciding whether to assist or not . |
| 19 | Claudia smiled wryly ; her parents ' marriage had been peaceful , mainly because both parents went their own way , each , figuratively , taking one child with them . |
| 20 | Since horse-drawn wagons went out of fashion , both gypsies and tinkers lead a curious , inverted life , buying and selling horses among themselves for sheer pleasure . |
| 21 | In that erm , in that mermaid outfit , and earning some ridiculous amount of money for an hour , while other models went up and down a catwalk for a tenth of the money , or something . |
| 22 | The strength and quality of Guinness ensured that it survived the rigours of long sea voyages , whereas other beers went under . |
| 23 | The burglary happened at the end of February when Darlington Borough Council were changing locks at 500 old people 's flats after spare keys went missing . |
| 24 | The burglary happened at the end of February when Darlington Borough Council was changing locks at 500 old people 's flats after spare keys went missing . |
| 25 | AMERICAN restaurants and government buildings were attacked as French farmers went on the rampage in protest at the cuts agreed in the Gatt trade talks . |
| 26 | Though some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax , its introduction will almost certainly hurt sales in 1991 . |
| 27 | The Electricity Boards were generally reluctant to go further and show large surpluses in their accounts , for fear of criticism both from consumers and from workers in the industry , though some Boards went further than others in this direction . |
| 28 | The attack began when incendiary bombs went off on two floors of a museum in Shrewsbury Castle , Shropshire — causing £250,000 damage and destroying many irreplaceable relics of three famous regiments . |
| 29 | as new pro as old projects went we threw the old one away and we put a new leaf , loose-leaf sheet in . |
| 30 | As such places went it was a clean , respectably furnished room , but it was a ‘ transient ’ all the same and , looking at him , she could not help but think he looked out of place there . |