Example sentences of "[det] went [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This went on for 13 months until my parents realised that I needed medical attention . |
| 2 | This went on for two weeks . |
| 3 | This went on for five whole days — |
| 4 | This went on for some time , but when it was finished , the daughter started crying again , this time tears of remorse , grieving for the mother who had died , and grieving for the relationship that she had never had . |
| 5 | This went on for some time , until the dog 's master came to the door . |
| 6 | Ernie , who was employed by him , would go up on a Sun day to feed his stock and unbeknown to Dick Gooding would bring the old mule back with him , hitch him to the hand cart and pull it over to Birling Bank , this went on for some time and poor old Dick knew nothing of these goings on . |
| 7 | This went on for some time , with Dr Neil fencing politely , Matey looking grim , and Norton sighing in counterpoint to la Darrell . |
| 8 | This went on for some time . |
| 9 | This went on for three hours , by which time they 'd attracted a sizeable body of fans into the hotel foyer , much to the consternation of the management who had to call the police to break up the party . |
| 10 | This went on for three hours while the rest of us were preparing for the move to Canjuers . |
| 11 | These went on for fifteen minutes , again under the hard gaze of Sister Mary . |
| 12 | These went on for several hours , rattling doors and windows almost continuously . |
| 13 | Compared with the compensation payments introduced during the first stage of price liberalization , these went up from 750 lei to 2,100 lei per month for workers , and from 400 lei to 1,470 lei for pensioners , while there were also increases in child benefits , maternity benefits and student grants . |
| 14 | The kids at my new school all went round in little gangs , spoiling for a fight — nothing serious , just pushing other kids over and jeering at them . |
| 15 | After luncheon , we all went out to wonderful Centre Court seats , to watch the finals of the Men 's Singles between Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker , which Lendl , playing brilliantly , won in two straight sets 6–3 , 6–2 . |
| 16 | Sharon had altered it or something cos you all went in at five to five or something |
| 17 | Next day we found a good army doctor who examined Rachel and said with care she would soon be well , the M & B had done its work , and then to add to our trouble you all went down with scarlet fever — caught on the boat I expect . |