Example sentences of "went [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He supervised several Rhodes scholars , who obtained their doctorates and went on to successful careers . |
| 2 | Then he looked specifically at the effect of the results of the three month or si six month cystoscopies , but they did note that only those pa only those patients who had recurrence in the first year went on to progressive stage . |
| 3 | Act and went on to other employment and trade union legislation . |
| 4 | ‘ The story tells how she left her body behind yet went on to other things , ’ says Deaconess Pat Phillips . |
| 5 | ‘ The story tells how he left his body behind yet went on to other things , ’ she said . |
| 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 | Ayr , Irvine and Kilmarnock Academies could each lay claim to having had the largest number of scholars who went on to great things but , before these grander seats of learning were established , several small , seemingly totally inadequate schools had produced a succession of men of whom the county can be proud . |
| 8 | ‘ That officer went on to great deeds . |
| 9 | They tried bringing out political prisoners after rebellions in Britain , they tried kidnapping new recruits , and they tried legislating to keep up the number of white men that planters must employ , but white men still left for England or went on to new parts of the Americas rather than compete against slave labour . |
| 10 | So I went on to reciprocal for 10 minutes to seek a more friendly environment , which I did , and then set course again . |
| 11 | The staff were young , enthusiastic and of high quality — many of them went on to high positions . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , when I went on to high school , I moved over to '70s American stuff — Television , The dB 's , Richard Hell And The Voidoids , Alex Chilton and Big Star . |
| 13 | I drifted off into non-league and he went on to big things at West Ham . |
| 14 | The next night I went on without Dutch courage and flattened a drunken heckler with a couple of speedy put-downs that came from nowhere ( 't was I , your valiant defence mechanism again ) and a new career was born . |
| 15 | He went on at great length on this subject , banging his pastoral staff on the floor and haranguing the assembly until the pope cried ‘ Enough ’ , and the reading of the decrees was resumed . |
| 16 | It is up to you , Mr. Deputy Speaker , to decide whether hon. Members are in order , but I must say that the hon. Gentleman went on at considerable length about matters some of which seemed to stray interestingly from the subject of the amendment . |
| 17 | So they went on with great difficulty . |
| 18 | After the 1987 election , the battle went on with new intensity . |
| 19 | One ‘ unofficial ’ source told me ‘ the club did nt mind what went on with young Ryan on away trips — after all they were roommates and what roommates do — well they do at this club anyway — but Sir Matt 's dog ! |
| 20 | ‘ She and the other girl were obviously in league , ’ he went on with savage certainty . |
| 21 | From early surprise victories in the wild hills around Loch Trool , Bruce and his reinvigorated followers went on with growing confidence during the next seven years to capture one castle after another from the English . |
| 22 | He provided a sketch showing the exact stage dimensions , then went on with detailed instructions : |
| 23 | He went on about various things but I only half heard him . |
| 24 | But despite the death the rowing at Oxford went on as normal today. , with crews competing in the traditional college races . |
| 25 | This rethinking went on in episcopal households and monasteries as well as in some urban schools which survived in some areas well into the sixth century . |
| 26 | Fighting went on in New France for another twelve months , but after the fall of Quebec this was more a matter of moving forces over long distances than of confronting threats that the French might retrieve their position . |
| 27 | When I think of what went on in eastern Europe , and in fascist Europe before the war , when I was younger , I am glad that we have a free press . |
| 28 | Khrushchev decided he liked Eisenhower , ‘ a reasonable and modest man ’ , and the much discussed ‘ Spirit of Camp David ’ meant that a lot of smiling went on in public . |
| 29 | Nothing went on here , though , in this shacky walk-up : what went on went on in interchangeable intercontinental hotel rooms , in the private suites of corrupt clubs and thriving speakeasies , in glazed Arab flats . |
| 30 | There were no immediate changes , it went on from private enterprise , the changeover We were told at the time that we were just just to carry on the way we 'd been doing . |