Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [noun pl] went [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ammunition , grenades , and demolition explosives went off in a deadly firework display . |
| 2 | With the dropping of 11 days , the old March 25 became April 5 , and tax collectors went on working from the old day with its new date . |
| 3 | In Aquitaine many towns in the Lot and Garonne valleys went over to them , and by the autumn of 1370 most of the eastern part of the duchy was in French hands . |
| 4 | Its regional press and magazine holdings went back some time but were not large enough to qualify it as a media company . |
| 5 | On Nov. 11 retail prices of consumer goods were liberalized and food prices went up . |
| 6 | Domestic fuel and electricity prices went up by between 400 and 600 per cent , fares on public transport by 1,200 per cent , and the prices of 16 basic foodstuffs , including bread , meat and dairy products , by up to 700 per cent . |
| 7 | At the same time the price of leaded petrol was increased by 55 per cent , compared with a 25 per cent rise for unleaded , and electricity prices went up by 15 per cent . |
| 8 | He said that moments before he heard the explosion all the street lights and office lights went out . |
| 9 | The figure shows that the rates of caesarean sections , epidural anaesthesia , and forceps and vacuum extractions went down in some maternity units but increased in most of them . |
| 10 | While transit passengers went off on local tours , Ellerman & Bucknall were busy co-ordinating the delivery of 80 tons of supplies and 2,500 tons of fuel to be taken on board . |
| 11 | Morland Brewers stayed at two six three , while Oxford Instruments went down two to two two four . |
| 12 | Similarly , Lasmo , offering a 6.2p final , rose 4 to 190p after 5m shares went through at 187p . |
| 13 | She wa she was buying , long after nylon shirts went out of fashion , there we there was a pile of nylon shirts , and she said I 'm , I 'm just looking to see if this if these will be suitable for daddy . |
| 14 | There was quite genuine concern you know , when blues parties went on for for days and days and days . |
| 15 | Shares and sterling went down as interest rates went up . |