Example sentences of "went [prep] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a while the television channel went off the air as protesters swarmed into the building , before troops and government supporters pushed them out . |
| 2 | The second series really went off the boil because there was much more emphasis on the woman lawyer . |
| 3 | But I think if you went for the figure as proposed by the H B F , you would be going actively against the regeneration statutory which is the erm the government 's policy . |
| 4 | Erm which is why I went for the downstairs cos I had a choice of either . |
| 5 | ‘ I hastily fitted it up and went through the pretence because I did n't want him knowing where I really live . ’ |
| 6 | The actress went through the ordeal when she was just six years old . |
| 7 | The visiting party , including an HMI in attendance , was horrified , dropped their agenda for the second day and went through the problems as they had perceived them with the management group and the Academic Board : |
| 8 | More or less I think it went against the entries because the members just would n't turn up to the meetings . |
| 9 | I went up the steps until the water barely covered my ankles and tried the doorlatch . |
| 10 | Another day I went into the Siq when the sun was setting and the air was already chill . |
| 11 | They went into the school as the girls brought out the ponies , a docile , shiny lot compared with the animals at home , Hoomey decided . |
| 12 | He went into the scheme because he thought it would be fun . |
| 13 | I went into the kitchen as she asked me to have a few words with the ‘ factotum ’ ( 'She seems to be rather taken with your looks ' ) . |
| 14 | I went into the bank while I was in Matlock . ’ |
| 15 | The young Mary Pickford went into the industry as the Progressive phase approached its zenith , and for Griffith she played criminals and prostitutes ; she went on to portray a whole variety of poor hard-done-by girls , many of them immigrants , many of them immoral or pregnant , before in 1916 she played a factory worker in the most memorably titled of all the films of this era The Eternal Grind . |
| 16 | He behaved as if he had n't seen Marie , and the girl went into the house when Jenna stared at her forcefully . |
| 17 | People came out of the forest and went into the forest as they had done for centuries , making the deep tracks down Steep Ridgery . |
| 18 | Oh Shane , who went in the lounge when you 're not meant to ? |
| 19 | The children in small groups went inside the stables while the others waited . |
| 20 | Also , I lost the green tape that went round the edge so the ball used to shoot off at speed . |
| 21 | That evening she went round the farm as usual , lighting her lamp whenever necessary , to check that all the animals were safe . |
| 22 | By the time the eighth ‘ Carry On ’ film went before the cameras when Gentle Jack was drawing to its conclusion , he was established as the honorary patron of the club . |
| 23 | The boy was cautioned — never went before the court because of his father being the ACC and this fellow went before the Chief Constable and he had ten years ' service at the time . |
| 24 | A well-loved picture dominates the bar , held in almost religious awe : a photograph of the SS Politician , the vessel which ran aground off Eriskay during the Second World War , cargoed with 20,000 cases of whisky ; not all of which went to the bottom when the boat eventually sank . |
| 25 | Philip went to the door as his Dad came in . |
| 26 | Sun said it went to the Russians because it could n't find comparable technology anywhere else — the only other source comes from the US military , and according to Dave Ditzel , acting head of Sun Labs , ‘ It 's easier to work with the Russians ’ . |
| 27 | He got up and went to the bathroom before she had time to move . |
| 28 | I went to the woods because I wanted to deliberat I , I not |
| 29 | An in-house survey at one establishment found that 48 per cent of business guests went to the hotel because they wanted to use its leisure facilities . |
| 30 | ‘ One of the reasons you went to the cinema when I was a teenager was to pick up girls , but I never seemed to have any luck . |