Example sentences of "[noun sg] went [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The pair tied the knot in July , and the last-minute wedding went off to a tee … |
| 2 | Dear Mr. Lum — who had been admitted to the Weavers ' Company himself in 1787 — had agreed to recommend his friend William Charles Titford , and the deal went through as a freedom by redemption — that is , by virtue of payment — rather than by apprenticeship or patrimony . |
| 3 | During the United Nations International Women 's Year in 1975 , the Salvadorean government spent more time and much more money on ensuring that the Miss Universe beauty contest went off without a hitch , than on debating the issues of discrimination against women . |
| 4 | But while the search went on for a suitable donor , Evelyn and Peter Walker kept a constant vigil by their ten-year-old daughter 's hospital bedside . |
| 5 | Loretta 's mind went off at a tangent . |
| 6 | So the merger boom went on for a while , still fuelled by this false belief . |
| 7 | The last dance went on for a long time . |
| 8 | This sort of exchange went on for a long time . |
| 9 | The saleswoman went over to a rack of ankle-length cottons in different colours . |
| 10 | The bow went off with a terrible noise , like bones breaking . |
| 11 | This sort of banter went on for a while . |
| 12 | He made it all seem easy , producing an excellent meal , and the lunch party at the Commanding Officer 's residence went off without a hitch . |
| 13 | Earlier , Nottingham Forest went down to a Fritz Walter penalty in the third placed play-off against Stuttgart . |
| 14 | Hotel duty manager George Ashou , who was only 10ft from the blast , said : ‘ The bomb went off with a muffled crump . |
| 15 | A BOMB went off outside a north London tube station yesterday . |
| 16 | ‘ We received warnings that mentioned four specific streets and the second bomb went off in a street which was not named in those warnings , ’ he said . |
| 17 | A joke went around about a passer-by who saw a man drowning in a canal . |
| 18 | A waiter went by with a tray of drinks . |
| 19 | At the other end Tyrone Howe who saw very little of the ball during the match went over for a try in the left corner , following a fine break from Andrew Gallagher . |
| 20 | The place went up in a matter of minutes . |
| 21 | I have of course no intention of suggesting that this intellectual and , by implication , political revolution went on without a single hitch . |
| 22 | One time the father was away on business , and the stepmother went out to a harvest festival . |
| 23 | His wife went over to a casket and took out a small roll of parchment . |
| 24 | ‘ He stayed in his room when his wife went off for a jaunt round Oxford , remember ? |
| 25 | When the court sat we were told that the King had died then the court went out for a while . |
| 26 | Yet she meant well and one night went out in a fog to look for me . |
| 27 | They have been doubled by Oldham , been beaten by Sheffield United and last night went down to a Middlesbrough side which had lost its previous six matches . |
| 28 | Adam stared round , and his head went up like a frightened horse 's . |
| 29 | When the Titanic was finally located on the sea-bed a crew went down in a tiny submarine to explore the wreckage . |
| 30 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |