Example sentences of "he went [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Baby Jesus was real poor , so he had to grow up on a farm and that , and when he got bigger he went round with some friends telling everyone about God , and then he died .
2 He went round with some seeds , planting them in the ground and that , but some of them grew and some of them did n't .
3 He went on at some length about the idiocy of the strategic bombing of Germany and how the Red Army had won the war in Europe .
4 He went on at some length , complete with the appropriate gestures and noises , on his experiences as a car jockey in a parking garage : other people 's cars were part of his early training as a driver and , like every Italian kid his age , he had had a burning admiration for grand prix racing and the great heroes of his day , especially Alberto Ascari .
5 He went on at some length , with a slightly exaggerated middle-class accent , to enthuse over the pleasures of privileged country living .
6 But he was in a cheerful mood and he went on with another story altogether .
7 Aware of the complete control he had over them , and enjoying it , he went on with more deliberation .
8 ‘ Do you remember how it used to be between us , Jessamy ? ’ he went on in that same low and almost hypnotic voice .
9 But she could not say a word as he went on in that same tone .
10 How should he get through his work if he went on in this way ?
11 Fabia felt then that if he went on in this ‘ lift her up , knock her down ’ fashion for very much longer , the way her heart was behaving , she would probably have heart failure .
12 He went on from that bright start , becoming the youngest to reach 1000 runs in the Ranji Trophy .
13 He went on like that ; really he did !
14 He went on like that until the chief officer nodded him through with a glazed look in his eyes .
15 He went on like this for a while , and ended up asking who was going to buy him .
16 If he went on like this she was n't even sure she would have enough composure to return to Vienna and resume her church and radio work .
17 And he went straight from this place , to catch his plane ? ’
18 When our Sandra left Wally he went just like that .
19 Sometimes it is through a mysterious inner constraint that he makes his presence felt , as when he guided Paul 's evangelistic direction away from the province of Asia in 16:6,7 and towards the hardships and opposition he realised he would have to face if he went up for that last journey to Jerusalem ( Acts 20:22,23 ) .
20 Last week he went out with another one : Elsa .
21 He went out without another word , and she heard him going down the stairs .
22 ‘ Well , no wonder he went off with that girl , ’ said Betty .
23 ‘ So he went off in such a hurry or so worried that he forgot to cancel .
24 The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way .
25 He went in for some pretty awful names , Robbie decided — first Sybil , now Petula .
26 Burton describes being ‘ between the two men I most feared ’ but nevertheless , and with all that was hanging on the part , he went back for more .
27 So that was the last And I do n't think if he went back after that I think it had kind of frightened him , least so my father used to tell the story .
28 Then he went down in this loose scrum , should n't have been there , but he was always a bit of a hero , and I put my foot in looking for the ball and there he was .
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