Example sentences of "they went [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And every so often erm the British look at this with a rather interested eye , and you 'll find that erm Parliamentary committees erm there was one on the British Civil Service about two years , three years ago , nineteen seventy-seven , they went over to France to have a look at how the French did this to see if they could learn anything from the French experience , but in fact it 's very difficult to transport somebody else 's experience , lock , stock and barrel , into the British situation , and they quite sensibly concluded this would n't be a good idea . |
| 2 | They went around from house to house demanding the licensing fee . |
| 3 | But erm , I have n't seen much of her at all this week , because erm , they 've all been out , I mean , they went up to London to see Miss Saigon , and they were gon na go out for a meal up there , and |
| 4 | Having reached this rather unsatisfactory conclusion , they went up to bed . |
| 5 | ‘ Would it help , do you think , ’ he said , just before they went up to bed , 'if you were to see Winifred Shalcross ? ’ |
| 6 | He was quick to point out that when they went up to Oxford — as most of my pupils would he likely to do — the impact of Marx , the one reputation which most politically-conscious dons revered , was likely to sweep them off their feet . |
| 7 | They went up to Scotland for your christening , 'eighty-three , it must have been no 'eighty-four , and when they came down south again , they came to my office and the wills were drawn up . ’ |
| 8 | There had been partisans hidden up there during the war , before you … but now only the shepherds used the long-abandoned houses and they went up on foot with their flocks . |
| 9 | In the pre-First World War days of two divisions , the top limit of transfer fees rose in the eight years from 1905 to 1913 from £1,000 to £2,500 , an increase of 150 per cent ; in the first eight years of three divisions ( 1920–28 ) they went up from £3,300 to £10,890 , an increase of roughly 230 per cent . |
| 10 | After the prayers they went up in turn and kissed Moran and then Rose who returned their kisses warmly , and they slipped away to their rooms . |
| 11 | Well , with her bent towards Indian mysticism she would n't be able to understand the way they went on about animals . |
| 12 | But They went on about Hitler . |
| 13 | They went on to Wisconsin . ’ |
| 14 | The following year , they went on to Turkey and Venice . |
| 15 | After leaving Angela 's mummy 's shoes at the repairer 's , they went on to Jessica Turvey 's house , where they tied up Joe while they went inside . |
| 16 | They went on to Cork and Killarney and then home to Haworth . |
| 17 | One of its most important aspects is that people who go on to DWA will retain their underlying entitlement to any benefit which they may have had before they went on to DWA and that they will not have to requalify , if they fail in their efforts to work . |
| 18 | Then they went on to Bridlington , Canterbury and ‘ divers places of religion ’ , where Margery was often in trouble because of her noisy weeping , which went on nearly all day , ‘ both forenoon and afternoon also ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Course they went on to grammar school as 't was in they days . |
| 20 | They went on in silence . |
| 21 | ‘ Unfortunately , the celebrations never stopped … they went on until Christmas ! |
| 22 | They went through to Franks 's office , which was not unlike his laboratory except that it was smaller ; all white and aseptic , with glaring lights . |
| 23 | They went back for chairs and then the laird , the factor , and the minister sat down weightily , like judges . |
| 24 | Into these , just a crate , and they used to get the old pigs and they used to shove 'em in there , shove the trap down , and they used to load them on the ships , they went back to Poland . |
| 25 | SUNDERLAND staff got two of the best when they went back to school to teach fourth formers how to create a business plan . |
| 26 | ‘ After a few weeks though they went back to school and I started my course again . |
| 27 | They went back to France which was already part of the Roman Empire . |
| 28 | Next morning the compost heap was photographed , and off they went back to Birmingham . |
| 29 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 30 | In the event , they went back to Scotland Yard so that McLeish could get to a phone and check with his secretary , and with Bruce Davidson , who was co-ordinating the evidence as it came in . |