Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] went [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |
| 2 | She was overwhelmed by a mixture of terror and relief as he left her at the wheel and went forward to free the line . |
| 3 | So it was to be expected that this sight should arouse some curiosity , and after putting their heads together the women put down their bowls and kettles and went over to ask the painter who was coming to live there . |
| 4 | He closed his eyes and went back to sleep . |
| 5 | After basic religious toleration was conceded in 1689 , the dissenters turned their back once and for all on Anglicanism and went on to develop the distinctive spirituality which was to play so dynamic a role in the revolutionary social and economic changes of the next century . |
| 6 | In his first State of the Union message , Reagan reiterated the essentials of his programme and went on to call for an increase in defence spending of $7.2 billion and cuts in excess of $40 billion from the proposed 1982 budget of $740 billion . |
| 7 | Rev. Leslie Lloyd Rees led a meditation for Lent , which opened with a hymn and went on to consider the ministry of Christ 's passion and resurrection . |
| 8 | Born in 1913 , he was educated at Clifton College and went on to read law at Bristol University . |
| 9 | However , the initiative was welcomed by Jordan , Yemen and the PLO and went on to serve as one of the main diplomatic planks of the pro-Iraqi Arab bloc . |
| 10 | Four secondees were still struggling to settle-in some six months after their appointment , but most secondees adjusted within three months and went on to enjoy the scope to shape their jobs , to use their expertise and to become part of a team . |
| 11 | After studying the report , which reiterated the multitude of reservations expressed over the last few months and went on to accuse architect Dominique Perrault of having sacrificed functionalism for the sake of aesthetics , President Mitterrand accepted Perrault 's design , making only the most cosmetic of changes to appease the powerful lobby against the building . |
| 12 | Omero left the den and went outside to find Minky , who was out exercising in the morning air . |
| 13 | Of course , the star of Happy Days was Ron Howard , who played teen everynerd Richie Cunningham and went on to direct Parenthood , Backdraft and the recent Oirish immigrant western Far And Away . |
| 14 | ‘ I had every intention of becoming a pianist or conductor but in a great flash of realisation I decided that I would only ever be a mediocre musician and went off to study drama . ’ |
| 15 | About 80 per cent of officials in these ministries survived the US purge and went on to cooperate with the Occupation in containing the labour movement into ‘ sound ’ de-politicized unions . |
| 16 | Horsley passed the test and went off to see Thornton , who was still simmering and had nothing but dire warnings for him . |
| 17 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 18 | Peggy Lucas was one of the first women to fly Spitfires and went on to become the first woman in Britain to hold a commercial pilot 's licence . |
| 19 | But there was one critic , Kenneth Tynan , to be the defining critic of British theatre in the Fifties and Sixties , who took his wife Elaine Dundy up to Stratford and went backstage to congratulate , to talk , later to drink . |
| 20 | Harriet said ‘ Excuse me ! ’ , got to her feet and went out to answer it . |
| 21 | Maltote staggered to his feet and went down to relieve himself in the necessary house . |
| 22 | In the Cox Report we repeated the first sentence quoted above from Kingman and went on to make the following recommendation : |
| 23 | Peeling the shit-stained newspaper from the bottom of the cage , I emptied out the accumulated guano and went off to look for some fresh newspaper . |
| 24 | He then formulated a system of fighting derived from the mantis ' movements and went back to do battle with the fighters from other systems . |
| 25 | Well in the end she took a stack and went in to see Miss and Miss tried to change the subject , subj |
| 26 | William got up from his chair at the workbench and went over to open up with a puzzled frown . |
| 27 | Patrick heard the beat of a familiar engine and went out to meet his own Mascot Missile coming up the drive . |
| 28 | Eager , it seemed , to atone for the embarrassment of Saturday 's 5-2 home defeat by Aston Villa , the London side could have scored three times in the opening nine minutes and went on to dominate the rest of the first half with an ease that pointed to only one result . |
| 29 | Instead of pushing on to Normandy to muster an army and then return to Maine in force , he switched direction and went home to die . |
| 30 | John Rennie , on two , then survived a sharp chance to Hutton at gully and went on to lead the recovery with a hard-hitting 84 . |