Example sentences of "went [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annie 's voice all but went off the chromatic scale when Kelly told her that she was turning down Ibn Fayoud 's invitation . |
| 2 | A rather attractive hexagonal room that went off the main library which seemed sort of ideal for study purposes , or teaching purposes that were associated with the library . |
| 3 | ‘ Down at Atholl , when you went for the new blades , ’ his wife answered from beside the fireplace . |
| 4 | Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . |
| 5 | At Anderson 's a Georgian inlaid mahogany chest on chest went for the princely price of £1,300 while A Victorian 4 foot 6 inc bed with raised back made £1,100 and a Georgian inlaid mahogany serpentine front library table realised £1,050 . |
| 6 | That went for the washed cup and saucer from the last cup of tea too . |
| 7 | If they went for the traditional look I suppose they 'd all be wearing hard hats that looked like the flat cap Victorian cyclists always wore . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I went for the Amazonian types , ’ he commented , ladling some of the food on to his plate warily . |
| 9 | When she had finished hanging out the washing , before she went for the weekly shop at SavaCentre , Sara applied her lipstick , and around her throat she squirted the toilet water which she had had for three years and never before used . |
| 10 | Do n't want people to think Walter went for the tartish type . |
| 11 | That 's the way it went for the whole tour . |
| 12 | ‘ A word about your weapons , gentlemen , ’ he smarmed , then he went for the quick draw and levelled a long-barrelled pistol at all of us . |
| 13 | Anyone who indulged in it for its own sake was an out-and-out sinner — and that went for the resulting offspring , too . ’ |
| 14 | Of course Wooderson could get things wrong — like the time he went for the British mile record and broke the world time . |
| 15 | One year older than Leonard , he went through the varying experiences of adolescence with him , sharing not least Leonard 's musical interest ( Morton played both the banjo and the trombone ) , as well as a variety of pastimes and a healthy interest in the fairer sex . |
| 16 | Venner wandered off and we went through the pathetic pile of possessions : a counter-pane , three dirty bolsters , hose , jerkins , battered boots , more cheap jewellery , a collection of quills and a bar of Castilian soap . |
| 17 | She went through the remaining months of her pregnancy in a turmoil of doubt , anxiety and frustration . |
| 18 | Tom Pritchard , the manager , went through the key points of the car-hire catechism to be faced by every client : |
| 19 | " Your mother will tell you this evening , " he said , and the sound of the horses ' hooves echoed on flagstones as they went through the arched entrance into the yard . |
| 20 | And so they returned to the kitchen again ; and after the meal was put on the table Aggie went through the other room and from the door yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ just the once before returning to the kitchen . |
| 21 | We went through the New Town first , and it was bright and colourful , with the ladies ' dresses and the red roses of the Elphbergs . |
| 22 | Bragg and Morton went through the imposing portal of the Civil Engineers ' Hall , and looked about them . |
| 23 | er sale occurred when they went through the electrical register and asked people who lived in flats whether they wanted a green cone , they did n't even have a garden , let alone a window box but nevertheless erm I the green cone extends ought to be reported on , ought to be encouraged and such like because it is the individual person who is going to recycle using their own garden in their own small way as opposed to transporting the stuff maybe to a waste tip and such like where it has to be dealt with at a an expensive way and if a the best part of the expense of dealing with waste of course is actually to transport and transport throughout the roads and if you do it in your own gardens so much the better and I , I , I should like to er and taking part in the green cone experiment er further experiments like that whereby the individual person is encouraged to do it . |
| 24 | We arrived at 9.30 , went through the usual contortions to buy a ticket , and were told to expect a train at 10.30 . |
| 25 | A Vietnamese airport official said they went through the usual passport and customs procedures and then boarded buses to Soc San reception centre which was also the first stop for almost 600 boat people who returned voluntarily from Hong Kong earlier this year . |
| 26 | Insp Cammish said : ‘ We went through the usual practice of trying to strike up a rapport with the person and gain a genuine sort of confidence . ’ |
| 27 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) went through the various clauses in detail and I do not want to add to anything that he has said . |
| 28 | ‘ We went through the late take-up exhaustively before we announced our holding in December 1987 . |
| 29 | Bragg and Morton went through the unpretentious entrance of the New Club , in King Street , and sought out the Secretary . |
| 30 | According to Morgan , when he challenged Docherty , The Doc denied being the source of the story and went through the deceptive rituals of ringing the journalist to complain . |