Example sentences of "went on in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring . |
| 2 | Back in time for our encore at Wembley ( well , after six nights , you do tend to get a bit lax , and anyway , the tapes went on in the right order and the dry ice was great ) . |
| 3 | ‘ But after what went on in the first leg , I hope we get a referee who will be strong enough to stamp out any foul play . |
| 4 | Who knew what strange rites went on in the savage mountains beyond Tirana , what musical instruments they played , where mad King Zog had ruled . |
| 5 | These activities went on in the Great Workshop , where the looms were installed . |
| 6 | Working on Jane Austen was not all that different from working on trade cycles , or lowtemperature physics ; these were the kind of things that went on in the modern university . |
| 7 | It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print . |
| 8 | ‘ It means of course , ’ she went on in the same level tone , ‘ that you will not be free to make a decision until your uncle dies . |
| 9 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 10 | Sebastian went on in the same vein for quite some minutes . |
| 11 | But curiously enough , such articulate recognition of the educational significance of the manyattas was exceptional , though administrators often behaved and wrote in ways which hinted at an implicit acknowledgement of the similarity between what went on in a Masai manyatta and what went on in the English boarding schools they had themselves attended . |
| 12 | I then went on in the proper sequence to the pitch control : " And this reduces the pitch . " |
| 13 | Lights went on in the darkened boardroom . |
| 14 | Captions on the screen can give brief information about what went on in the missing bits and how much time has elapsed . |
| 15 | No matter which coach you went on in the old days ( and the Brightside and Carbrook Co-op ones were the best ) there was always a shilling sweep for the biggest fish and another shilling for the best roach . |