Example sentences of "and went [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But as Haslemere relaxed the Otters came back into the game , equalised and went ahead from well-struck short corners .
2 He turned away , apparently satisfied , then pushed the glasses back into his pocket , flashed the torch briefly down at the rough stones of the pier , and went away with long strides in the direction of the house .
3 A man exclaimed , ‘ Shit ! ’ and went away for real .
4 The baby was born by Caesarean section and went straight into special care for five-and-a-half weeks .
5 Act and went on to other employment and trade union legislation .
6 But Mr Rickman , who co-starred with Bruce Willis in the movie Die Hard , and went on to other leading screen roles including the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves , is not appearing for superstar 's wages .
7 He supervised several Rhodes scholars , who obtained their doctorates and went on to successful careers .
8 This started at about midday and went on until late afternoon , when everyone was so full of food that they could hardly move .
9 We Zed-bombed the barriers and went in with shielded skimmers .
10 In Cambridge she quickly established herself as a cult figure of mysterious portent : she claimed to be in love with her brother , whom nobody had ever seen , and went in for gnomic utterances and baroque clutter .
11 He was crazy about New York and went there for long weekends .
12 The street was narrow , cobbled , full of old buildings which were joined together and went back to medieval times .
13 I made sure I looked as if I 'd just got out of bed and dressed in a hurry — hence no socks and the sweatshirt — and went down to front garden to wave them in .
14 Girls who wore lipstick and silly clothes and went out with American soldiers were good as damned in his opinion .
15 And he got up , and at once took his stretcher and went out in full view of them all , so that they were astonished and praised God .
16 They saw fewer Satyajit Ray films now , and went less to Indian restaurants ; Eva gave up learning Urdu and listening to sitar music at breakfast .
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