Example sentences of "went [conj] " in BNC.

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1 She did n't care where she went or what she saw as long as he was pleased and she was with him .
2 But there was never any question of us finishing when he went or while he was away .
3 In my last article in the magazine I told you all about my trip to Saudi Arabia , but I did n't tell you why I went or what I hope to do next .
4 Anyway , Broom'ead caused so many problems there that 'is daughter 's ‘ usband told 'er that eivver 'er farvver went or 'e would .
5 ok , this poem 's called erm A Pause In A Moment Worn out days dressed in damp wheat , heavy coat pulling at tired shoulders , memory pushed back , brought forward in the click of a stick , pause in a moment , sunset reflected in eyes offering the warmth of recognition , so that poem started with the overcoat and that was the mood as I say , that was the mood of rejection erm and there was something about the way the old girl was looking at the women on the bridge , almost as if there was this recognition and , as it brought back memories that perhaps went or as black as the overcoat , erm the next er painting which I 'm going to read to you about is erm have you
6 I do n't know where he went or what happened in London .
7 I do n't know where she went or what she did , but at night she was always there , curled up on the rattan chaise-longue , looking at me .
8 er present work , and so I mean , you , you , could say we 'll take it , er two or three hundred complaints from London , and buy time I suppose , erm to see if if if er work up here had picked up or natural wastage went or what ever , erm , if it did n't go up then , I mean in the long term , erm one could n't envisage keeping on with more staff than what 's thought to be a fairly generously assessed formula anyway , says we need .
9 He just went or it sounds like .
10 He just went or it sounds like .
11 He said , ‘ Suddenly , following the buffalo , my eyes were full of antelope ; and I went where the fullness in my eyes came from , and there was the antelope . ’
12 Blithely unworried by the implications of whether lesbians and gay men are born or bred , by whether one can or can not promote , and by accusations of Labour promoting , Mr Grant boldly went where no labour leadership representative had dared to go .
13 She went where it directed her , tracing a design on the face of the Earth .
14 And Megan went , as she always went where Ann led .
15 They went where they liked , played where they chose .
16 Out we went where the swell of the Atlantic drive was strong and fierce and the little steamer tossed about like a cork .
17 Trevor Hughes bravely went where no salesman has gone before , bearding the credit controllers in their den .
18 ‘ I went where she went .
19 If , so far as the Continent is concerned , the Viking impact is essentially a West Frankish phenomenon , that is because the Vikings went where they knew moveable wealth was to be had .
20 Even Rudergrams went where regular kissogram companies failed to boldly go .
21 ‘ Full Employment ’ might mean only one alternative job assignment , and that one in Denver , but stoic IBMers went where they were sent , and did what was needed .
22 The next day the policeman went where Mr Banks lived and they rang the bell , hello , hello are you Mrs Banks ?
23 I went where yest was it yesterday ?
24 The story then went that if the skull was ever taken died .
25 The youngsters were so delighted when the final whistle went that they all jumped on the luckless coach , bruising his ribs so badly that he was ruled out of the next weekend 's third team fixture .
26 The story went that he was a dealer in jewels and furs who had been discharged from the army after Dunkirk .
27 Mrs Laughton resigned with much regret , saying as she went that Orkney Islands Council did n't appear to know what the role of the Reporter to the Children 's Panel should be , and determined to make her concerns public .
28 I knew before I went that I would cry that day , but I thought it would be because he was standing in front of me , not because he was n't standing in front of me .
29 ‘ I had rather expected before I went that I might not be taken seriously as a woman .
30 The story went that after the tragedy Godolphin had retired to his country estate , and never again ventured beyond its perimeters .
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