Example sentences of "went [prep] the [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I myself went for the nearest exit which was out a window , I assume everyone else erm panicked and I could hear quite a few people running running down the corridor from the first floor . |
| 2 | Sinatra went through the worst period of his career when Universal signed him to a contract , put him in a disaster — Meet Danny Wilson ( 1952 ) — and then dropped him . |
| 3 | In the seminars he went through the latest developments in Pest Control in the UK . |
| 4 | He rushed past me and went into the nearest building . |
| 5 | They all went into the nearest back-court , a circle was formed , the contestants stripped to the waist , then faced each other . |
| 6 | ‘ We went in the best seats . |
| 7 | Mind yer , we only went in the cheapest seats . |
| 8 | But most attention went to the largest elephant of all , a fifteen-foot-high inflatable which towered over MP Paddy Ashdown — only recently elected leader of the Social and Liberal Democrats — as he officially cut the green ribbon across the door of the Greenpeace-funded Stop Hinkley Centre . |
| 9 | The message went to the largest meeting yet held to discuss what the political parties have to offer research . |
| 10 | There were inns and stalls , shops , swings , and merry-go-rounds ; all the money from these things went to the eldest brother . |
| 11 | We went to the nearest pub in our sodden clothes and reflected on our great holiday . |
| 12 | He climbed the three steps to the door , and pushed at it , but it was securely locked , so he went to the nearest window . |
| 13 | On Mondays you went to the nearest school . |
| 14 | For centuries the traveller who wanted to cross a sea or an ocean went to the nearest port and hung about until he found a ship going in his direction . |
| 15 | They went to the nearest cinema : it was an American film , dubbed , from one of Hemingway 's short stories . |
| 16 | I went to the smallest girl who grabbed my tail and hit me . |
| 17 | We went to the remotest part of Scotland and had a gorgeous peaceful time . |
| 18 | They after all , they went to the tiniest details . |
| 19 | But she , in her turn , went to the youngest brother 's wife and said , " Oh , my dear friend , my sister , I have such a pain in my arm and back ! |