Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] went [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old woman went along a short passage , passed a scullery and continued on a few yards . |
| 2 | Six candles went out the first time , the remaining three the second time . |
| 3 | Socialist support went down a fraction , with losses in the north compensated by gains in the south . |
| 4 | By the time the eighth wicket went down the lead was already 264 , so perhaps it was unkind of Baptiste and Holding to hammer 150 in 113 minutes for West Indies ' ninth wicket record against England . |
| 5 | I found that love went out the window when it was sweaty socks and handkerchiefs and dirty nappies and all this in front of me and I thought well this is not romance this is bloody hard work . |
| 6 | Dionne went for the outlaw type , or so she said , then mothered and civilised them until they were unrecognisable , and when her dream of civilised and raunchy equality went out the slammed door , there she was alone again , smoking a little more than usual , drinking a little more than necessary and swearing herself to celibacy until the next sulky brow slouched into view and stole her hopeful heart away . |
| 7 | Against San Marino at Hampden in November 1991 , Scotland scored three times in the first half but then finished up with so many forwards that order went out the window and only one more goal was scored amid the scramble created by having Mo Johnston and Kevin Gallacher supplement John Robertson , McCoist and Gordon Durie . |
| 8 | Another time in the same club he turned to me and said , ‘ The fellow on my other side went up the Irrawaddy in 1943 and he 's been taking me back there with him . |
| 9 | After all , his links to Christian democracy went back a long way . |