Example sentences of "[noun pl] went [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And the , the price was thirty nine pounds and as far as I know at the time the , the pianos went down that terrace I do n't think anybody could play it properly .
2 The exercise of this right , whose origins went back many centuries , could not always be easily achieved .
3 When the lights went on five minutes later , we were still all lying on the floor .
4 The Princeton researchers went back 40 years for their statistics , covering nine recessions .
5 One in four men in this country has been a scout , but the camp site image has remained the same ; despite the fact that the short trousers and wide hats went out 20 years ago .
6 ninety ninety one prices went up thirteen percent on average , and in ninety one ninety two by fifteen percent .
7 CHILDREN went back 300 years in time when they arrived at Speke Hall .
8 That compares with an estimated 200,000 cocaine users and seizures by the police went up last year by 3,500% .
9 Its regional press and magazine holdings went back some time but were not large enough to qualify it as a media company .
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