Example sentences of "went [adv] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A total of 40.7% of respondents chose their last holiday on the basis that they had done the same before and enjoyed it ; 19.7% went somewhere where they had always wanted to go ; and 17.9% went on a word-of-mouth recommendation . |
| 2 | You do seem to enjoy watching nude bathers , so do n't you think it would be much better for everyone involved if you went somewhere where they did n't mind being watched ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ That went better than I expected , ’ said Damian as the limousine swept back to Auckland . |
| 5 | It went better than I hoped , probably because everyone is anxious about giving the right impression , with the May elections coming up . ’ |
| 6 | Agnew said : ‘ It went better than I dared hope . |
| 7 | For a while my self-loathing and judgement of self went deeper than they had ever been in my life . |
| 8 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 9 | I was only four when he went away so I do n't really remember him . |
| 10 | Sarah and Terry had no alternative but she and John could have had months of courtship before he went away if it had not been for his stubbornness . |
| 11 | and we 'd go off to Felixstowe or somewhere but you see we still went away because he had four first class passes a year |
| 12 | In Knuller v DPP the Law Lords considered that the word " corrupt " implied a powerful and corrosive effect , which went further than one suggested definition , " to lead morally astray " . |
| 13 | One day they went further than they intended , were playing by a pool , when Mary fell in . |
| 14 | I — I went further than I intended and I fell over . |
| 15 | She came down with this summer flu everyone 's getting and went home before I got in . |
| 16 | it 's a good job I went home cos I got sick at home . |
| 17 | The journey back to London went quickly as I mulled over the strange background to Froggy Davies ' death . |
| 18 | All went smoothly until we reached the British customs . |
| 19 | All went well until we saw the cow which had originally smashed the crush . |
| 20 | All went well until she came to a small boy in the second row . |
| 21 | All went well until she tried to climb into a taxi after the reception at the exclusive Dorchester Club following a quiet ceremony for family and a few friends at Chelsea Register Office . |
| 22 | His medical went well until he revealed that he suffered from asthma and David pointed out to him that he would never cope with that particular job . |
| 23 | It went well until I met a man with a scarf wrapped around his face . |
| 24 | Well I do n't know whether Nick went today cos I see his car . |
| 25 | It went precisely as he wished . |
| 26 | They 've been twice to Scotland , but no well they went there when they come from Australia , instead of coming straight here . |
| 27 | I also went there when I had only the vaguest knowledge of what I wanted . |
| 28 | Mr Gruson went upstairs where he said he was threatened by one of the gunmen . |
| 29 | His hand went forward as he spoke . |