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

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1 Mark listened aghast at the naive and dangerous idealism of the young , starry-eyed politician , who was light years away from knowing what really went on at the sharp end of European and international trade .
2 On the intellectual front , this unification went on at the same time that in the social history of science specialization was the order of the day .
3 Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled .
4 He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill .
5 First the social worker went in at the old man 's request , and tried to persuade the daughter and son-in-law to leave .
6 never tell , a girl we know went over at the same time as he did got it this year .
7 I remember the smiles of delight which spread across the face of one mother when the little fleshly alarm clock which I had been handed , went off at the crucial moment .
8 Bit of a coincidence there , it went off at the same time as this ha as the tape stopped
9 He promptly went off at the next corner , punctured and limped the last five miles on a flat .
10 ‘ It could be inferred from the date of university graduation , provided of course , that he went up at the usual time . ’
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