Example sentences of "went [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I think he went on to the parapet and the tocsin was sounded to make him run . |
| 32 | So then I 'll need to go and get my pads and my bandages so that I can put this right , you 'll need two of these for this bandage , the first one , you open out so that the pad is going to go into the palm of her hand and that over the top and she is going to grab hold of the other one like that , okay , now we 've got the wad in there and she 's hanging on to it , but it was the sterile part of the bandage as I undid it that went on to the wound , there is no time for dressing here is there ? |
| 33 | After a delightful dinner party with young friends in their lovely Phillimore Gardens home , I went on to the Lancaster Hotel , where the Diamond Ball , which was an inaugural ball for SANE ( Schizophrenia A National Emergency ) was taking place in the hotel 's new ballroom which I was told seats 1,400 guests . |
| 34 | We went on to the marshes with the soldiers and found the escaped convicts fighting each other . |
| 35 | He later went on to the Fuel Element Design Office working on Springfields projects . |
| 36 | On another occasion he bravely went on to the roof to assess the wind damage to his television aerial but slipped and just managed to save himself by clinging to the guttering — not however , before dislodging a slate which bulleted downward and sliced its way effortlessly into the bonnet of his neighbour 's brand new car to form a kind of dorsal fin . |
| 37 | Gloucester went on to the final that season while Gosforth merged with the Newcastle club to create a new force in northern rugby … this season they lead the second division … they 're unbeaten too … so Gloucester are up against it |
| 38 | We went on to the Rio Coatzacoalcos , and searched here for the Yellow Sword . |
| 39 | Police went on to the site in the centre of Oxford at around 2.30 , 70 officers in all , in riot gear , backed up by helicopter , sniffer dogs and the marine section . |
| 40 | Having left the house of the famous Bess of Hardwick , he went on to the care of yet another Bess . |
| 41 | Since Dornie was now out of the question , I went on to the Kintail Lodge Hotel , where I was admitted and taken up to a single room which , mercifully , was furnished with an electric fire . |
| 42 | The creative activity went on to the end of the Venetian and Ragusan republics at the turn of the nineteenth century and even beyond . |
| 43 | The legislation went on to the statute book in July 1986 and the new system was finally introduced in April 1988 . |
| 44 | Looking around the cobbled farmyard and at the farm buildings , the shelling and mortaring that went on during the attack on Breville had taken its toll . |
| 45 | Well , I mean , hopefully there , there 'd be at least er sort of thing erm in the summery to see what went on during the year |
| 46 | People are still wondering exactly what went on during the filming of the notorious orgy scene in Erich von Stroheim 's The Wedding March in 1928 . |
| 47 | But he strongly disapproved of the proselytizing that went on under the cloak of humanitarianism . |
| 48 | Whatever it was , she could do nothing about it herself , since she had n't the remotest idea what went on under the bonnet of the Renault . |
| 49 | This could have had unfortunate consequences , so we started up the motor and went on towards the beach . |
| 50 | She took a step backwards and this seemed to satisfy him , because he went on up the ladder . |
| 51 | The sleeping-car attendant sighed deeply at so much opulent femininity and philosophically returned to his roomette , and I went on up the train into the next car , where my own bed lay . |
| 52 | In the 1860s a line was built along the path of the old moat and then out to the new dock at Neufahrwasser ( Nowy Port ) , and ten years later a second branch line went on up the coast to Koszalin . |
| 53 | Eventually he sighed again , picked up his bag and went on up the steps into his house . |
| 54 | Then anti-climax , as they watched its tail-lights in the pitchy dark , lights that seemed to throb and waver in their seared sight before they blazed redly when the brakes went on for the corner by the sailing club slipway . |
| 55 | ‘ I never knew what went on on the lorries , ’ he said . |
| 56 | Now it was an established custom that we very often used to go out to a strip in the desert away from the camp where we could indulge in circuits and landings to our hearts content without being related to the hour by hour flying that went on at the Base camp . |
| 57 | It was precisely that peculiar combination of laisser-faire rule over the kingdom at large , but absolute personal involvement with all that went on at the centre , in institutional as well as individual and personal affairs , which is the notable quality of kingship in Scotland and explains the high level of prestige and control which the crown enjoyed . |
| 58 | I would usually be at the foot of the platform stairs as Billy went on at the start . |
| 59 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 60 | ‘ I do n't care what went on at the party unless it was blatantly against the law . |