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

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1 He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side .
2 H laid it back on the table and went over to another , producing a small leather bag from his kilt .
3 But as Haslemere relaxed the Otters came back into the game , equalised and went ahead from well-struck short corners .
4 Prince of Wales had most of the play in the first half and went ahead after 20 minutes .
5 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 .
6 A man exclaimed , ‘ Shit ! ’ and went away for real .
7 The baby was born by Caesarean section and went straight into special care for five-and-a-half weeks .
8 Greenidge was dropped on 6 and made a further 74 , Kallicharran on 25 and went on to 42 , and King was unbeaten on 31 after giving a chance on 5. 215 was the kind of score to promise a close finish , and Boycott , Willey and Larkins saw them well on the way .
9 Richards was missed when 5 and went on to 62 , the same score as Richardson , with all the batsmen making useful contributions .
10 Act and went on to other employment and trade union legislation .
11 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 .
12 He supervised several Rhodes scholars , who obtained their doctorates and went on to successful careers .
13 Well , 'e become top scorer o' centuries when 'e was 42 and went on to 197 of 'em before 'e retired at 51 .
14 ‘ The day started at six in the morning and went on till six in the evening — even until seven at one time .
15 We kicked off at eleven and went on till three and there were I think six people stuffing er in the course of the day Bob Andy Mark and myself and Chris .
16 The committee was divided over whether or not to proceed with the march but it agreed to send a delegation to Derry to consult the local people ; this meeting began on the evening of Friday 4 October and went on until 1 a.m. on Saturday .
17 This started at about midday and went on until late afternoon , when everyone was so full of food that they could hardly move .
18 After all , it did not stretch to the floor but started at three feet six and went up to seven feet .
19 School started at 7am , and went through to four in the afternoon with a break at lunchtime .
20 Totally miserable , he had a long , serious chat with Mike Turner of Cambridge about his training and demon drink problems and went home with much to think about .
21 We Zed-bombed the barriers and went in with shielded skimmers .
22 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 .
23 ‘ He just upped and went off with that posh woman .
24 Whilst there I was introduced to the nearby Cheshire Home and went there for five weeks .
25 He was crazy about New York and went there for long weekends .
26 We got just the opposite at the 11th , where we dropped a shot and went back to 10 under .
27 He laughed abruptly and went back to this wine cup .
28 The street was narrow , cobbled , full of old buildings which were joined together and went back to medieval times .
29 For the moment he left the subject there , and went back to another line of questioning .
30 Eventually he limped into the channel , recovered his breath , and went back for more .
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