Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] went [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , you mentioned the need for public liability insurance , so I went ahead and arranged that ; I also had signs made saying ‘ Caution : Work in Progress ’ , as you recommended ; I took care to explain to the volunteers to avoid disturbing the kicking stones , and to avoid making heaps of spoil so as not to impede the grass cutter . |
| 2 | After that , there seemed to be nothing to do , so she went upstairs and lay down on the bed . |
| 3 | All the rooms downstairs were empty , so we went upstairs and looked in all the rooms except one , which was locked . |
| 4 | He says he 's only seen sunflowers in the United States so he went home and got his camera to take some pictures . |
| 5 | She thought that if she went there while the maid was cleaning , Theresa and Anthony out at work , she could nick the netsukes if she was quick and clever , and the maid would not notice . |
| 6 | If she went home and packed a bag , she could be in New York tomorrow . |
| 7 | You do seem to enjoy watching nude bathers , so do n't you think it would be much better for everyone involved if you went somewhere where they did n't mind being watched ? ’ |
| 8 | You went from Street , if you went downstairs and come out the back road and cut across the square you were in Street . |
| 9 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
| 10 | If it 's another tank I ca n't prove otherwise but I know one tank er the fourth tank you ca n't empty it , it 's got be syphoned out it comes from the top and er if you went there and just opened the valve you can get a an ounce of diesel out of it . |
| 11 | After three such days the night nurse told us she thought that Caroline and I were exciting him and that it would be better if we went home and merely visited during the day . |
| 12 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |
| 13 | But of Doreen there was no sign — at least not until they went inside and she emerged from her bedroom , where she had been weeping . |
| 14 | Our press date prevents us giving details of this run but it must have been quite a spectacle if it went ahead as reported , and would have provided a fitting finale to an outstanding season of operations . |
| 15 | The Communist Party , he told Mr Gysi , would be making a serious error if he went ahead and fought the planned May elections on a manifesto which simply warned reunification would be a victory for the right . |
| 16 | Because we went once or twice . |
| 17 | He went in ahead of her and tried the lights ; they flickered once , but he seemed to know what to do because he went inside and Sandy heard him thump something , and then all the lights came on . |
| 18 | Because he went further than most into that unimaginable world of extreme pain and violence . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't realise that animals were not supposed to have personalities , or to think or to feel emotions or pain , ’ she recalls — which is just as well , since she went ahead and recorded what she observed , instead of what she was supposed to observe . |
| 20 | Right , when I went to Turkey , I had three jabs before I went away and every two days I took two tablets . |
| 21 | Christina watched him leave the house and walk towards the beach before she went inside and dressed slowly , thinking about his reaction to her refusal to make love . |
| 22 | Once before they went ahead and believed , but it was a leap of faith with no questions asked and they fell and were hurt . |
| 23 | Something flickered in his eyes before they went hard and cold again with suspicion . |
| 24 | Sarah and Terry had no alternative but she and John could have had months of courtship before he went away if it had not been for his stubbornness . |
| 25 | and then he had he 'd only had a couple I think before he went home but he does n't drink much see . |
| 26 | Well it was n't too bad actually , cos when I went upstairs and shut every door and I would n't , did n't really hear anything . |
| 27 | when I went like that it went up you know . |
| 28 | My mother had a fit when I went home and my aunt said I 'd been taken on . |
| 29 | I was happy about it when I went home and told my mum , but she said , ‘ what are you talking about a factory ? |
| 30 | Terry and his father had returned when she went downstairs and the meal was ready . |