Example sentences of "went [adv] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This rethinking went on in episcopal households and monasteries as well as in some urban schools which survived in some areas well into the sixth century . |
| 2 | Fighting went on in New France for another twelve months , but after the fall of Quebec this was more a matter of moving forces over long distances than of confronting threats that the French might retrieve their position . |
| 3 | When I think of what went on in eastern Europe , and in fascist Europe before the war , when I was younger , I am glad that we have a free press . |
| 4 | Griffiths went down in Welsh history as the first person to be sent off for kicking one of his own players . |
| 5 | ‘ At least the town escaped a 1970s style concrete flat roofed monstrosity of the type that went up in other town centres throughout the country , ’ she said . |
| 6 | A niece of the former Labour minister Douglas Jay and first cousin of Peter Jay , the former British ambassador in Washington who is now the BBC 's economics editor , her ratings went up in certain quarters when she once said of Mrs Thatcher : ‘ She is not the sort of person one would invite to dinner . ’ |
| 7 | A German Zeppelin had flown over the Scottish coast at Leith , and dropped a bomb which by pure luck hit a bonded warehouse full of whisky , which went up in large flames , thus lighting up the darkened city . |
| 8 | And that went until they went out in late April . |
| 9 | And he got up , and at once took his stretcher and went out in full view of them all , so that they were astonished and praised God . |
| 10 | Town should have been two or three up … but Ipswich went back in front thanks to a John Wark penalty justice was done near the end when Town won themselves a penalty … and what do you reckon was going through Paul Bodin 's mind … the man who missed the penalty that could have given wales a world cup place was on the spot again … |
| 11 | However , Crues went back in front thanks to that Burrows/Hunter combination . |
| 12 | As sporadic violations of the Jan. 3 ceasefire continued in Croatia , preparations for the dispatch there of a 14,000-strong UN peacekeeping force , one of the largest in the history of the UN , went ahead in late February in accordance with a UN peace plan agreed in January [ see p. 38704 ] . |
| 13 | At 03.50 on the first day of the attack , 12 infantry divisions went forward in heavy mist . |
| 14 | For her thoughts just went round in agonising circles . |
| 15 | The kids at my new school all went round in little gangs , spoiling for a fight — nothing serious , just pushing other kids over and jeering at them . |