Example sentences of "[noun sg] went [adv] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hot and the demonstration went on much too long , but it gave us all some idea of how caring the teachers were and it was a practical illustration of what the school was trying to do . |
| 2 | In Scotia and in Orkney , the work went on as fast as resources would allow , and more speedily than it might once have done because of the cleared roads and the stations of help that now existed through the newborn network of local churches and local leadership . |
| 3 | The Board of Trade meeting went off very well , with both Mr Murray and Mr Bushnell answering questions with exactly the right tact and diplomacy . |
| 4 | But she would n't be here and , as the taxi went on ever upwards so Fabia tried to get herself in a frame of mind where she could deal cheerfully with Lubor 's banter . |
| 5 | The champagne went down very well on the night the Tobacco Institute of Australia 's appeal substantially failed , but we fear that the hangover from this report may last rather longer . |
| 6 | The tide went out as fast as it came in , and it was not unusual for large fish to be stranded in one of the various sized lakes left behind in the sand hollows . |
| 7 | Finally , the word went around that far from being either Jewish or Catholic , Mr Kernohan was a high official of the Orange Order . |
| 8 | Emigration to the colony went on happily enough in the 1630s . |
| 9 | Despite it feeling strangely slowed down , the meal went much too quickly . |
| 10 | Both she and Lubor had a glass of beer to go with it , and , having not been hungry , the meal went down much better than Fabia had anticipated . |
| 11 | Commenting on the composition of the Edinburgh Trades Council in mid-century , Ian McDougall writes : " local trade unionism was predominantly , though not exclusively , that of the skilled workers or labour aristocracy " In printing , a craft trade par excellence , organization went back as least as far as the eighteenth century in Edinburgh and several other towns . |
| 12 | In the end the show went on far longer than we expected and was fairly raunchy . |
| 13 | His connection with the School went back even further , for he had himself been a pupil , first entering in 1870 when Hamilton was Headmaster . |
| 14 | After the first incredulity , the fact that nobody actually had to do anything but encourage Hoomey , Bean , Singh and the unknown fourth member went down very well . |
| 15 | In the afternoon , Gould 's rebellion went down even faster than the Tory £ . |
| 16 | My breakfast party went off very well indeed , ‘ as far as talk was concerned . |