Example sentences of "went [adv] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Of course I would have enjoyed the occasion much more had I been in better shape , but in the event it all went better than I had dared hope even if I was near to passing out at times .
2 ‘ That went better than I expected , ’ said Damian as the limousine swept back to Auckland .
3 It went better than I hoped , probably because everyone is anxious about giving the right impression , with the May elections coming up . ’
4 Agnew said : ‘ It went better than I dared hope .
5 He went anyway and I thought we might as well
6 Well I went outside and I shut my gates and they saw I mean , er I was looking at them as I was shutting the gate , there 's only three of them !
7 I was only four when he went away so I do n't really remember him .
8 He went away and I started to look down at my hands again .
9 I — I went further than I intended and I fell over .
10 She came down with this summer flu everyone 's getting and went home before I got in .
11 it 's a good job I went home cos I got sick at home .
12 Well , I went home and I got another job and it , then I went back , I says can I have me card ?
13 But we went home and I remember going in the room , I opened the door and oh it 's lovely and warm in here !
14 The journey back to London went quickly as I mulled over the strange background to Froggy Davies ' death .
15 I fell a d do you remember we went before and I fell and I just sat there and I could n't , they , this erm woman and this man come to help me up and I could n't stop laughing , they could n't get me up .
16 It went well until I met a man with a scarf wrapped around his face .
17 Well I do n't know whether Nick went today cos I see his car .
18 I felt sure that I went there but I do n't think , I do n't know what happened but I do n't think they were ever so successful really .
19 I also went there when I had only the vaguest knowledge of what I wanted .
20 Well I went there and I had to fill in another application and they 've set me up with er another interview at erm Health Centre , and that 's tomorrow .
21 But , as I say , I we I went there and I got all the information there , and then I went into Dixons and I I did what they did on the television , you know , started talking and so I said well er , you know , do you have the er ha I noticed that there was erm no finance er
22 But he went upstairs and I heard water running in the bathroom .
23 Frankenstein went ahead and I followed .
24 ‘ The rod with the smelt on soon went again and I did not realise how big the fish was and steered it around the swim for a minute to break the ice .
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