Example sentences of "but [pers pn] went [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's in my Quarter , of course — I do n't know how long he 's been dead but I went up there and the doctor was still there . |
| 2 | Oh it started in the end , I think it was the er starter motor , but I went home again and took Mandy 's car instead , because I thought I do n't want it to play up tonight , you know , in the car park so I 'll have to check it out tomorrow afternoon . |
| 3 | But I went back there just the other day and I noticed the ground is starting to hump up again . ’ |
| 4 | You know I do n't like you to play games without me , but you went ahead regardless . |
| 5 | But you went down here ! |
| 6 | At the end of one hour her back was aching as if it had been kicked all over by a mule ; but she went on doggedly , though it soon became absolute agony . |
| 7 | Something inside Merrill protested at the lie , but she went on stonily , ‘ I think I had your measure before I ever set foot in these offices . |
| 8 | But she went everywhere else , and wherever she went in house or gardens , the grown-ups smiled and said , ‘ Good day ! ’ , and asked how she was . |
| 9 | It was the best time because not only were there so many cars , but they went slowly enough for Denise to write down their numbers and makes as Tony shouted them out . |
| 10 | The students in this respect were merely showing support for the official position and expressing their patriotism , but they went too far in their protest action . |
| 11 | But he went up there now , with Bienvida trailing behind him , from an obscure feeling that he ought to show Jarvis this offer was appreciated . |
| 12 | I can understand his frustration , but he went too far . ’ |
| 13 | and they used to collect the rents from there er some of them and er up er he came home one day and he said erm , I 'm not going up there collecting again , as he er collected the bugs used to drop on his collecting pad I said , finish the job do n't go again , but anyway they persuaded the people to take the rents into the office you see instead of having to have a rent collector , but er it was horrible he , he worked for them twenty five years and then when he was sixty four he had his , a stroke , but he went back again after eight months and he completed his job for when , you know he stayed in the office , he was er him and erm started the rebate , well it was footwork the rebate system was worked out at the Town Hall , but they , the rent men had to carry it out you see and er he er work the system out and of course erm , when he was sixty five he finished , course he was lucky really , but then er he could get about fairly well , but after the years drew on you know his , his health deteriorated and er but he lived er he was sixty four and he was eighty five when he died but erm |
| 14 | Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’ |
| 15 | We ca n't tell whether our decision to move the sale to Ireland has helped influence the Chancellor but it went right home in Government circles , ’ he said . |
| 16 | It was also useless to pretend that corruption at elections was one-sided ; the scale was far smaller than thirty years earlier , but it went on just the same in both parties . |
| 17 | Rufus had an old Morris Minor van that he had bought third- or fourth hand , but it went all right . |
| 18 | Her father had to be told ; Tony was terrified of this joint meeting but it went all right . |
| 19 | I would n't say I enjoyed it , but it went much better than I expected and my audience were very appreciative . |
| 20 | This courtesy , tenderly performed , seemed right out of place to me , but it went down okay with Mrs Davis , who peered up at Fielding for quite a time before she said , |
| 21 | After his show he said : ‘ I was a bit nervous at first but it went very well . |