Example sentences of "of [pron] went [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orwell felt that the bulk of British public opinion was behind Chamberlain 's foreign policy of ‘ non-intervention ’ , dissension being voiced by only a few thousand left-wingers , some of whom went on to fight in Spain . |
| 2 | He also took a few new recruits , notably three young lieutenants , Harry Poat , Tony Marsh and Johnny Wiseman , all three of whom went on to make their mark on the regiment . |
| 3 | At the same time , as a result of Spanish-American fiction 's growing popularity , the work of the earlier writers mentioned became more widely known and some of them went on to enhance their reputation by producing new works in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 4 | Many of them went on to fly , and some of them to die , for their country . |
| 5 | ‘ Then two older boys came along on bikes and one of them went off to get help . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When the pair of you went off to find your tent , what happened ? ’ |
| 7 | Actually , I am not sure that I was there on that night of his arrival , and I do n't claim to remember all the details or to have been as impressed by his appearance , framed in the doorway , as some people I drink with do ; I think they just want to talk about their witnessing his first appearance that way — as if he was an angel or something extraordinary — because of what went on to happen later . |
| 8 | Four of us went down to confirm her story , then Aubrey rang the local police . ’ |
| 9 | And then erm after the rehearsal some of us went off to get a pizza before the concert and he said to me , erm are you interested in going to hear the Mozart Requiem , it 's on at the Barbican on Wednesday ? |