Example sentences of "[Wh det] went on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The power-struggles which went on across much of the period were reflected right through society , and the surviving court rolls for Sussex often illuminate activities of considerable violence . |
| 2 | The effects of reducing sleep on sleep patterns have been studied in a number of relatively short experiments , and one which went on for two years . |
| 3 | A routine was established which went on for more than a year . |
| 4 | A demand for the ‘ noblest ’ architecture inevitably meant that Nonconformity was caught up in the debates over the value of Gothic architecture which went on for most of the Victorian period . |
| 5 | This movement , which went on for some time , gave Franca ( and Ludens agreed with her later ) the sense that Marcus was actually creating Patrick . |
| 6 | Then began a remarkable conversation which went on for some time ; it was getting on for five when she left . |
| 7 | Sussex 's most remarkable Saxon church , Sompting , illustrates well the process of extension and adaptation which went on over several centuries , and particularly as South Saxon society reached its peak before Norman infiltration . |
| 8 | The issue of woman as victim as opposed to woman as survivor was tackled head on by Polish director Zofia Kalinska whose work showing women as bearers of demonic energy culminated in the formation of the Magic Circle , which went on in 1988 to tour a collectively devised piece called Nominate Filiae . |
| 9 | On Fridays we 'd often go to the Royal College of Art where they used to have these great shows which went on till three or four o'clock in the morning . |
| 10 | I usually left the night meeting about 2.00 pm , but quite often after that Anthony [ Eden ] had long telephone conversations with Guy Mollet , the Prime Minister of France , which went on until 4.00 or 5.00 am . |
| 11 | Yet whatever went on in that race , Kelly was certain that Short was a part of it . |
| 12 | Despite his most terrible threats , he could extract nothing about what went on during those eight days . " |
| 13 | One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog ! |
| 14 | But of course there had been no communication between her aunt and Silas for three years , therefore she was unlikely to be aware of what went on at this back-blocks property . |
| 15 | While such machines are still a long way from being able to beat the American champion ( there are about 700 Masters in the US ) , it is clear that the period from 1977 to the present has seen a degree and pace of progress in machine chess that is very different in kind from what went on between 1957 and 1976 . |
| 16 | Everyone was shown what went on inside this large factory — familiar to us but a curiousity to those whose relations work here , and have never seen it before . ’ |
| 17 | But it was impossible to tell what went on behind that massive , tortured brow , perpetually corrugated as if in a continual wince and recoil from life . |
| 18 | She sighed ; what the hell was she doing trying to speculate what went on behind that good-looking façade ? |
| 19 | His eyes were on the numerous doors lining the corridor , and he could n't help wondering what went on behind those doors . |
| 20 | When I think of what went on in eastern Europe , and in fascist Europe before the war , when I was younger , I am glad that we have a free press . |
| 21 | We know very little of what went on in these places , from either archaeological or historical evidence , but R. H. Britnell has suggested that most markets were ‘ closely related to the growth of local trade between food producers , craftsmen and tradesmen ’ . |