Example sentences of "went on [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I went on a submarine trip when I was 16 , and it was the greatest thing I could imagine then to serve my country in a submarine .
2 Well they sent me , I went on a computer course two days before I went to in hospital and was away for eight weeks and I forgot totally
3 I went on a computer training course in the mid-nineteen-fifties .
4 A JOBLESS father-of-four went on a shopping trip by bicycle to save 50p on groceries — and was tragically killed .
5 Our destination and purpose at first unbeknownst to me , we went on a shopping expedition one day to a larger province close to Nongkhai .
6 My first real contact with the military was when I went on a familiarisation course to the Parachute Regiment depot at Aldershot when I was fourteen , and spent two days living in the mess , where I looked around the regiment , met serving officers and had some basic interviews with retired Colonels , who were in charge of selecting the future leaders of the toughest regiment in the Army outside of the Special Air Service .
7 He grabbed a chisel and , with the neighbour 's student son , Peter Fay , 22 , went on a vigilante mission .
8 This year a group of us event riders , went on a return mission to Romania , straight after the final event of the season .
9 James finally got Sir Clifford out of his system when he went on a yachting holiday in the Mediterranean with three friends .
10 Portsmouth AC member Pete Tann went on a roach fishing trip to the Hampshire Avon at Fordingbridge and ended up banking a 23 ob pike .
11 CROOKED cop Jonathan Grundy robbed a dead man and went on a £1,200 shopping spree with his credit card .
12 After leaving school at sixteen , she went on a government course , painting and decorating , but after it finished she was unemployed .
13 Tom went on a Government training course and then started the business with a £40 a week enterprise allowance .
14 As a break in pre-season training in August 192 1 , Chapman and his players went on a charabanc trip to Harrogate , where they enjoyed an afternoon game of bowls .
15 When President Shagari went on a state visit to Britain in March 1981 , the large press corps accompanying him included no representative of any ‘ opposition ’ newspaper or broadcasting organisation .
16 I remember we all went on a school trip to the Geffrye Museum of period furniture and costume in Hackney , East London .
17 She went on a school trip to Tuscany and saw many of the pictures she had known for so long .
18 Nadia has already seen a good deal of Scotland , and also went on a school trip to France and Belgium when pupils of St Mary 's accompanied members of a pensioners ' lunch club to find out about the European Community and the European Parliament .
19 She went on a school trip to a museum and we gave her our little camera which I could never use .
20 Looting spree : Tens of thousands of ice hockey fans went on a looting spree in Montreal after their team , the Canadians , won the sport 's greatest prize , the Stanley Cup .
21 The lorries came and went on a service road near the town ; on some days the bulldozer clanked back and forth , crushing the rubbish into the soft , orange earth .
22 JONATHAN Davies scored 20 points as Widnes went on a scoring spree that took them into the second round of the Lancashire Cup .
23 Did you tell your dad you went on a bike ride ?
24 Eventually , I got a job as bank clerk in London when the banks went on a recruiting drive in Ireland .
25 Though some Americans went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax , its introduction will almost certainly hurt sales in 1991 .
26 Everyone in our district used flat hand carts when they moved house — unless they were ‘ doing a moonlight ’ , when their chattels went on a push cart , pram or whatever else was handy .
27 FIRST Lady elect Hillary Clinton went on a crash diet to save her marriage .
28 Shortly afterwards , his former employer Mr. Groves desired a tutor for his children when he went on a missionary tour of the Middle East , and selected Kitto for the position .
29 Robert , at a loss , went on a drinking spree in which he spent most of the savings he had accumulated during his first few months in the new country .
30 McMeekin went on a drinking spree in Darlington and ended in Presto , where he was seen hiding a bottle of Southern Comfort under his jacket .
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