Example sentences of "[noun sg] went [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it was an old woman was sitting knitting in when her wool went through a hole in the floor . |
| 2 | But then she and husband Dave Flame went to a country and western night in cowboy outfits just for fun — and she shot herself in the leg . |
| 3 | It happened so fast that her mind went into a spin , and she reeled dizzily , her gaze unfocused . |
| 4 | Swedish industry went through a period of instability , due partly to the loss of important export/import markets in eastern Europe and partly to labour difficulties . |
| 5 | After the building I left er the building work and became a tram conductor where I went through a course in the , down at Shrub Hall went through a conductor 's course . |
| 6 | An office cleaner went on a betting spree after a TSB error gave him a £10,000 bank overdraft , Liverpool Crown Court was told yesterday . |
| 7 | The boy went without a name until he was six . |
| 8 | A BOY went on a crime spree after realising he could n't be locked up . |
| 9 | cos some girl went on a ward management course |
| 10 | Suddenly the sledge went behind a mountain of ice and disappeared . |
| 11 | The coin was meant to be worth a pound , but for all normal purposes the value of a pound was twenty silver shillings each weighing one-fifth of an ounce , and the golden guinea went to a premium above this . |
| 12 | Lore went as a receptionist to an army hospital in Abergele and then was posted to Canterbury , where she worked for Personnel Selection . |
| 13 | Her sister is parted from her husband went through a divorce so , |
| 14 | The wide chimney went without a nut and at the limit of the rope I toppled over my sack and sank onto a ledge . |
| 15 | The plaintiff went for a ride in a private plane piloted by the defendant , despite the fact that he knew the defendant was drunk . |
| 16 | I 'm not a great fan , but I enjoyed the first one , The Tempest , enormously and the evening went in a flash . |
| 17 | Your P E kit went for a walk on his . |
| 18 | Her body went into a spasm of tension as she recognised Fernando 's voice . |
| 19 | ( The top prize in this group went to a writer who also started his career in these pages , Duncan Campbell , who now regales readers of another weekly with stories of government intrigue that clearly appeal to competition judges more than do articles on technology . ) |
| 20 | In front of the door was the only tap in the house , over a plain earthenware sink about five inches in depth from which the water went into a drain underneath . |
| 21 | It was in the later days that you gradually got the the buses were then fitted with these , these safes , they 've got the safes on the ticket machines on the buses , whereby every man 's cash working on that bus that day went into a vault on the bus . |
| 22 | The moon went behind a cloud , and the wind off the sea was suddenly chill . |
| 23 | Now Mr Wolski shivered as the moon went behind a cloud for a moment leaving just the stars in the night sky . |
| 24 | As soon as the 1966 White Paper was published , however , the Principal , six department heads and the Registrar went into a retreat in a local hotel and began the process which resulted in a development plan , the first , policy-focussed part of which appeared in December , written by the Principal and Polytechnic Director designate , Norman ( later Sir Norman ) Lindop . |
| 25 | I suppose you could say that the occasion went with a bang . |
| 26 | Auntie Lou was going to see her friend yesterday but he would n't let her because once when she went , she and this friend went to a dance with some American soldiers . |
| 27 | Mrs. Donoghue and a friend went into a café . |
| 28 | Mr Tweddle said the driver parked while his wife went into a shop and when he saw her returning he started the car and reversed . |
| 29 | ‘ It became a standing joke that if Steve walked into an office and the phone went within a couple of minutes , it meant the Duchess had tracked him down , ’ a business colleague recalls . |
| 30 | The prize went to a pop singer who had attired himself in tartan trousers , a flower-patterned shirt and a sweater with zig-zag stripes . |