Example sentences of "they went [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They accepted with alacrity the prospect of a glimpse of the world inside , and all three of them went along dark portrait-hung corridors and up panelled staircases to the room of one Flora Piercy , a second-year History student of considerable sophistication , who offered them a glass of wine . |
| 2 | Public sector negotiators knew the consequences if they went over that limit , though in practice the Treasury might relent a little with groups like nurses and fund part of the extra settlement . |
| 3 | Well er they they took so much money when the end of that when they stopped travelling the horse when they was finished the season , they went round all the farms and collected what they call the fairways money . |
| 4 | They went round American universities challenging the debaters . |
| 5 | They went ar they went around all the houses . |
| 6 | But early that spring , these adventures seemed unlikely if not impossible : the men had little quinine , their boots and clothes were worn thin , and when attack was unlikely they went around barefoot . |
| 7 | They went up other week did n't they ? |
| 8 | At Chemical they went up 61 per cent and at Chase Manhattan by 84 per cent . |
| 9 | They went up some dark and broken stairs . |
| 10 | They went up ten overnight to about , to about |
| 11 | they went up high |
| 12 | They went up another narrow passageway , not so much a passage as a mere slit between houses , and came out suddenly into open space . |
| 13 | oh they went up last year , er , I just forget now , so much on the mile er |
| 14 | They went back two days later , having kept the secret to themselves . |
| 15 | They went back respected , admired and ready to take New Zealand Rugby League into one of its finest eras . |
| 16 | For the next few weeks they went out one late night after another — ‘ I do n't know how we survived , ’ says Robert . |
| 17 | six hundred quid for them , she bought a rocking horse three hundred pound , they went out last weekend |
| 18 | Erm , and they went out last night . |
| 19 | They went along all our pots getting the fibres out . |
| 20 | Last night they went down 2-0 to Torquay in the Coca Cola Cup . |
| 21 | At last they went down slimy , cracked steps into the Hall of the Damned , the condemned hold , a massive , vaulted cellar with dungeons in the far wall . |
| 22 | Derby County 's grief at the foot of the first division continues as they went down two one at Crystal Palace . |
| 23 | Bristol City conceded two late goals as they went down 2–0 at home to Cosenza . |
| 24 | They went down dirty narrow streets where the houses on either side were tall and large , but very old . |
| 25 | But he thought the Seasiders played better against Blackpool last Saturday when they went down 2–1 to the Fourth Division leaders . |
| 26 | Though they went down 2-6 , 2-6 , 6-7 to the experienced Australians , they deserved to qualify for the Masters when Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were forced to withdraw . |
| 27 | Moving on to sport now and Oxford United face Reading at the Manor tonight in the first round , second leg of the Rumbelows League Cup , the of a one-goal advantage from the first leg at Elm Park ; covering the match this evening is Mickey Inotta who saw Oxford 's bubble burst on Saturday as they went down 3-1 to Nott 's County . |
| 28 | But they went down 10 minutes from time to a disputed penalty . |
| 29 | Whitby were knocked out of the Yorkshire Shield 7–4 by the visitors to their heavy pitch , Wibsey ( Bradford ) , while Knaresborough plunged to the heaviest defeat in the club 's nine-year history when they went down 57–0 to the newly-formed Hull and ER club . |
| 30 | also fielded a side weakened through injury and they went down 22–12 at Ripon in their cup-tie . |