Example sentences of "went [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well Cynthia went somewhere the other day and there were so many pe people in black it was like a doomsday
2 They went down the dark tunnel .
3 There was a lot of undergrowth to be cleared so Stephen and I went down the following Saturday ( 17/10/92 ) to cut down and burn the weeds .
4 So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship .
5 Lastly they went down the main staircase to the Director s office .
6 Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men .
7 I went down the wrong route with the referrals and
8 ‘ Drink went down the wrong way . ’
9 Lili 's cigarette smoke went down the wrong way .
10 My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking .
11 Handing him one of the cans , she drank from her own , and coughed as it went down the wrong way .
12 The man who called himself Hope went down the sleepy cow-crossed and vagrant-strewn main street of Keswick with the speed and determination of the utterly resolved .
13 anorexic , I thought my mum was anorexic when I went home the other day .
14 On Thursday the weedkiller train went up the Cambrian Coast , thus spending two nights at Machynlleth .
15 She went up the narrow stone stairs with infinite care , reflecting that the last thing she needed was to slip and sprain something , and peered cautiously around her .
16 Later , in the chapel adjoining the castle , Father Jerome said Benediction and prayed for Sara and the life that lay before her ; and then she went up the narrow staircase to her bed and , when Candida had helped her to undress , stood a while longer at her window , looking through the narrow slit at the lights in the harbour and the dark , massive mountains behind .
17 Lee , the helmet once more on his head , went up the dark staircase .
18 Through such developments , a cadre of AEA managers went up the commercial learning curve .
19 They jumped it and went up the opposite slope .
20 I got up out the chair and er went out the front door and I said to her for God 's sake it 's Sunday !
21 It 's the smaller things that get you down — like when I went out the other day to buy a dress for my god daughter 's birthday .
22 She goes Dear Doctor Allen , My Mum and Dad went out the other day and I was bored so I started rubbing my dog and my dog got turned on and so did I .
23 I went upstairs to see the bloke in my bed and I thought this is lucky it was three bloody dogs in your garden when I went out the other night .
24 and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew .
25 So I , I erm , I had a lovely walk through there , and then we went out the other side of it , and it 's Highgate Cemetery .
26 David and I went out the other Wednesday , he said .
27 We went out the following week against QPR , who were up there challenging , and beat them 2-1 .
28 Dionne went for the outlaw type , or so she said , then mothered and civilised them until they were unrecognisable , and when her dream of civilised and raunchy equality went out the slammed door , there she was alone again , smoking a little more than usual , drinking a little more than necessary and swearing herself to celibacy until the next sulky brow slouched into view and stole her hopeful heart away .
29 New York-based Computer Outsourcing Services Inc , which said it wanted to make acquisitions when it went public the other day , has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a private New York-based provider of billing and payroll services to companies in the home health care industry on a four-year earnout .
30 Oh about eight , seven or eight , but when we first went there the honourable S G W was the vicar , fourth son of the Earl of and er , oh you he was there then afterwards er Father came , and I used to do altar serving oh I was never interested in it you know I was forced into it .
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