Example sentences of "[noun pl] and went [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 2 | He closed his eyes and went through in detail what he would like to do to the curly-haired tart . |
| 3 | Corbett nodded , smiled his thanks and went over to where Alexander now slouched in a half-drunken stupor . |
| 4 | Unless she cut her losses and went back to England . |
| 5 | Birkett shrugged his shoulders and went on with the fish cakes . |
| 6 | Nikos shrugged his shoulders and went on with his writing . |
| 7 | He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors . |
| 8 | Earlier this year , in May , they voted for change , but when Noriega disavowed the election result the mass of the people shrugged their shoulders and went back to work . |
| 9 | Here , in an empty silence , he unpacked his bicycle panniers and went up to the pantry where the bulk of the xerox squatted amongst unsavoury tea-towels beside a tea-stained sink . |
| 10 | At the well they left their books and went down to the shore . |
| 11 | We Zed-bombed the barriers and went in with shielded skimmers . |
| 12 | Taskopruzade and Mecdi assign this event to the reign of Bayezid I ( 1389–1402 ) , saying that as a result of a quarrel between Molla Fenari and that sultan , the former abandoned his posts and went off to Karaman where the emir gave him a salary of 1,000 akce a day and each of his pupils 500 akce a day . |
| 13 | To her surprise he jerked to his feet and went over to the video machine and yanked the cassette out without rewinding it . |
| 14 | I drained my mess-tin , got to my feet and went out across the cobbled farmyard , under the arch , and out along the road leading to Brigade H.Q hoping that I would not be requiring the special services offered by the medics . |
| 15 | Sometimes I braved the elements and went out to the garage and thought about a hosepipe on the exhaust of the car , but I was never brave enough to face real oblivion , although when I went to bed at night , I used to refer to it as slipping into oblivion . |
| 16 | She dressed and put on her shoes and went down to Emma 's flat . |
| 17 | He supervised several Rhodes scholars , who obtained their doctorates and went on to successful careers . |
| 18 | Ellen was polishing the furniture with beeswax , but collected her cloths and went out of the room wordlessly when Paul entered , shutting the door after her . |
| 19 | Ranulf humoured him and , once they were through the Galilee Gate , handed over the promised coins and went back to the guest house . |
| 20 | During the war he sold his interest in his galleries and went off to war ; following this six-year closure he reopened the Hans Road gallery but decided not to reopen the American galleries ; it was hard enough to get the good material for one shop . |
| 21 | They left the woods and went around by the neighbouring fields — ‘ blind ’ country where the ditches and drains were all concealed in coarse , overgrown grass . |
| 22 | I stopped taking my testosterone tablets and went back on the dole again . |
| 23 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 24 | She gathered her pages of notes and went out into the sunlit streets . |
| 25 | She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room . |
| 26 | We visited many places and went out to dinner and went to London during that time to watch the theatre production of ‘ Cats ’ by Andrew Lloyd Web which I think is the most memorable event of that holiday ; as well as going to Canterbury Cathedral . |
| 27 | For his part in the crime he was sentenced to ten years and went down with thirteen other accomplices for a total of fifty five years and £675,000 in fines . |
| 28 | She picked her way over the scattered things and went on to the balcony . |
| 29 | The editors revelled in the honour , ate their lunches and went back to their offices to continue publishing every last tit-bit they could find . |
| 30 | Laughing at this last jibe , she swept some papers into her arms and went over to the far side of the nurses ' station , where files were stored , leaving Belinda relieved to be alone . |