Example sentences of "[noun] went [adv] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the cooking , eating , living went on under this vaulted ceiling with its skylights , around this central fireplace , on this limestone floor knuckled with the imprints of fossils . |
| 2 | And anyway , the panda went upstairs with this prostitute and erm well he was a bit peckish so they had something to eat . |
| 3 | Even the most reliable equipment is at the mercy of the fuse in the plug , and I would hope that if the Rocon circuit went off for this ( or any other reason ) , the remaining 200 watts would keep the tank from lethal chilling until I spotted the problem ( I am often away for days at a time ) |
| 4 | Once again , however , defensiveness won the day and when the Strathclyde Centre circulated forces asking them to co-operate in the venture , a decision was taken to withhold co-operation and a circular went round to this effect , suggesting the existing Home Office funded PRSU ( Police Research Services Unit ) and the Home Office Research and Planning Unit were adequate for the needs of the service . |
| 5 | Her boy went out on this work experience thing for his school like . |
| 6 | It must also be said that Herbert Casson 's admiration for youth could outbid even Baden-Powell 's undying romanticism : For page upon page , across three issue of Teacher 's World , Herbert Casson went on like this , at the same unrelenting pace . |
| 7 | A whole lot of serious debating went on about this . |
| 8 | Days went by like this , Sunday and Monday and Tuesday . |
| 9 | Significant levels of trading went on outside this inner area , and scattered finds of Minoan products have been made as far west as the Lipari Islands off the coast of Italy , as far north as Troy ( stone lamps ) , and as far east as Egypt and Syria , where Minoan vases made of precious metal have been found . |
| 10 | Jeff Rooker , the MP for Birmingham Perry Barr , who retired from Labour 's front bench last year partly to campaign for PR , said : ‘ A lot more people went away from this conference convinced of the merits of the argument than is shown in the vote . ’ |
| 11 | An ironical cheer went up at this and we settled down for the night . |
| 12 | The securing of Edinburgh Castle was to have been announced by the firing of three cannon from the ramparts , the signal for a chain of beacons to carry the news to Braemar , 70 miles [ 112 km ] to the north , but in the end the rising went ahead without this symbolic success . |
| 13 | If a government went back on this assurance there would be no IAEA safeguards which could do anything about the position . |
| 14 | HALSTEAD went down in this crucial Jewson League Premier Division relegation battle to the only goal of the game , scored after half an hour by –George Wilson . |
| 15 | Gloucester went down in this one … the Italian team winning by 18 points to thirteen … the cherry and whites only try was scored by Don Caskie … no complaints from coach Richardson though he reckons the team are ready for the challenge of a new season |
| 16 | Betty thanked her for the bucket and smiled at her , and Lydia , who , if Betty went on like this , might turn out to be quite human , decided that she would take her her breakfast in bed in the morning : thin crispy toast with a scraping of butter and golden clear jasmine tea , and an egg-cupful of harebells to remind her of the sky . |
| 17 | I had said that I would find it easier on my own and she had been hurt , for normal mothers and daughters went together on this expedition , lunching in a department store and discussing the newly acquired contents of the carrier bags that lay at their feet . |