Example sentences of "went [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on at great length on this subject , banging his pastoral staff on the floor and haranguing the assembly until the pope cried ‘ Enough ’ , and the reading of the decrees was resumed . |
| 2 | It is up to you , Mr. Deputy Speaker , to decide whether hon. Members are in order , but I must say that the hon. Gentleman went on at considerable length about matters some of which seemed to stray interestingly from the subject of the amendment . |
| 3 | The birds went off at noisy full-throttle , right through a herd of deer which had been grazing quietly till then . |
| 4 | Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him . |
| 5 | The first poster went up at Oval station on April 14 . |