Example sentences of "went [adv] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father and daughter went slowly down the dark , narrow stairs to the kitchen . |
| 2 | I went swiftly down the hall to the front door , and eased its bolts open . |
| 3 | If they did not reach the very poorest , they went further down the scale than most model buildings , and provided the sort of accommodation the poor were used to , despite the introduction of a guardian and a gate to keep the transients at bay and the tenants up to scratch . |
| 4 | We went further down the slope to practise parachute landing falls and ground handling skills — everything you need to know before actually launching yourself off the side of a hill . |
| 5 | He went quickly up the metal staircase , leaving Amanda entangled with a group below . |
| 6 | Well we went straight on the motorway |
| 7 | He left school and went straight on the dole , like Derek probably will . |
| 8 | Mm , mm , cos of King 's Cross , had to come at all it 's awful and one time you just went straight on the escalator and now you 've got to go |
| 9 | He went straight up the stairs and a few minutes later came down carrying a parcel of his things . |
| 10 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 11 | Philip went back up the village . |
| 12 | We went back up the staircase and I hammered on the door . |
| 13 | As Henry got through the front gate , number 60 went back up the street towards his wife and number 47 dropped , suddenly and dramatically , on to his knees in front of the red Mitsubishi . |
| 14 | Almost , she went back up the stairs to give him what she had … |
| 15 | He got the champagne and two glasses and went back up the stairs . |
| 16 | Athelstan went back up the steps to rejoin Cranston and Benedicta . |
| 17 | He turned and went back up the rows of cars . |
| 18 | Without another word he too went back up the bank and vanished into the wood . |
| 19 | The order of the day 's observances being immutable , whoever fell ill and whoever defaulted , the bell for Matins sounded in the dortoir as it did every midnight , and the brothers arose and went sleepily down the night stairs into the church . |
| 20 | With a sigh Theodora switched on her flashlight again , went softly down the room and played the beam cautiously round the sleeping figure . |
| 21 | Slowly , I got to my feet and went higher up the shore . |
| 22 | He went lightly down the hatchway and was gone , reappearing in a moment holding a shackling chain on either end of which was a clumsy iron ring , hinged and padlocked . |