Example sentences of "went [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gilgamesh went on to search for the secret of immortality and according to the legend he almost succeeded . |
| 2 | But that was perhaps not enough , and he went on to explain to the congregation and to the Prince of Wales as the new President that there was a ‘ more searching question ’ to be asked about validation : |
| 3 | ‘ The shop frontage , ’ the young man went on to explain in a tired voice , ‘ is twenty-two feet . |
| 4 | I:58 ) ; and then went on to point to the difficulties faced by such statistical studies . |
| 5 | Sir John Pennycuick went on to refer to the far-reaching limitations which govern the exercise of the jurisdiction . |
| 6 | First , in his evidence he referred to a better solution as being quotes , seeks a small residential setting with some other people , unquote and went on to refer to the possibility of the plaintiff entering one of the Cheshire Homes . |
| 7 | I went on to say in the new world in which we live legislation has grown like topsy and thus requires more drastic pruning . |
| 8 | Er , I went on to say throughout the ages the government has repealed legislation , there 's nothing new about repealing legislation it is repealed either because it is proved unworkable or because it 's simply outlived its shelf life . |
| 9 | Hun Sen went on to call for a meeting of the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) in Bangkok . |
| 10 | In his first State of the Union message , Reagan reiterated the essentials of his programme and went on to call for an increase in defence spending of $7.2 billion and cuts in excess of $40 billion from the proposed 1982 budget of $740 billion . |
| 11 | His first memorandum began by indicting the government 's supposedly annexationist motives for going to war and went on to inveigh against the economic and cultural backwardness which the conflict had brought to light . |
| 12 | Barnes went on to talk about the valuation of the estate , applying for probate and the possibility of Inheritance Tax . |
| 13 | She went on to talk about the shop , giving Myra no time to say anything else about Roman . |
| 14 | We went on to talk about the articles in Time and Tide that had so provoked Rebecca West , and Father D'Arcy observed how , in dealing with ‘ difficult ’ correspondents , it was important to strike the right note in replying . |
| 15 | Banbridge was receiving 13lb from Clever Folly but as the winner subsequently went on to triumph in the A F Budge Gold Cup at Cheltenham , breaking the track record in the process , there is little wrong with the form . |
| 16 | He went on to reflect on the foundation of new branches . |
| 17 | Then she went on to elaborate with the facts she 'd learned from Leo . |
| 18 | Your correspondent went on to speculate about the likely cost of reinsuring through this vehicle the 1982 account of syndicates 317/661 , managed by this company . |
| 19 | After a distinguished student career at Emmanuel College , Cambridge , he went on to study at the University of Paris under Suzanne Bastid . |
| 20 | About 80 per cent of officials in these ministries survived the US purge and went on to cooperate with the Occupation in containing the labour movement into ‘ sound ’ de-politicized unions . |
| 21 | After loudly supporting an often-uncomfortable Jackson campaign again in the primary , Fulani went on to run on the NAP ticket , winning 240,000 votes in the general election — a considerable performance for a minor party . |
| 22 | She then went on to appear before a packed lecture theatre at the Physicians Hall to receive her award and the Edinburgh Medal from the Lord Provost and to deliver the traditional Edinburgh Medal Address . |
| 23 | Well , I remember Strawberry Alarm Clock , a bunch of psychedelic nutters from Santa Barbara , who had a massive hit with ‘ Incense and Peppermint ’ in 1967 and then went on to appear in the Psych-Out movie . |
| 24 | They had one drink — Maxim had never seen anyone order a triple Scotch before — and went on to eat at a roadside café . |
| 25 | Having touched on the difficulties of the past year Mr Vernon went on to look at the remarkable successes : |
| 26 | The photograph was taken in 1987 and shows and up and coming local athlete who went on to compete in the Olympic Games . |
| 27 | After a tour of operations with the famous John Cats Eyes Cunningham , the Author went on to fly with the Fighter Interception Unit and was the Author of our Operational Flying Club series in the April , May and June 1992 issues . |
| 28 | The first recipient of the original scholarship was Norcross Burrowes in 1880 , who went on to graduate from the Victoria University of Manchester in 1884 . |
| 29 | We went on to fight alongside the North African people for their independence . |
| 30 | She then went on to speak about a letter which Mrs Gilfoyle , 33 , had shown her while the two were having an evening together . |