Example sentences of "went [adv] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 800 parking spaces , 112 petrol pump nozzles , as last minute preparations went on even the extra large soap dispensers were filled to the brim . |
| 2 | It was also useless to pretend that corruption at elections was one-sided ; the scale was far smaller than thirty years earlier , but it went on just the same in both parties . |
| 3 | After all , despite what the judge had said Britain still went on much the same , Berlin was still a divided city ( and was later to become even more so ) and Russia seemed no more or less secure . |
| 4 | The father and daughter went slowly down the dark , narrow stairs to the kitchen . |
| 5 | He came out with a fantastic shot , but it screwed off to the right of the green , and went down oft the mound instead of falling in towards the flag . |
| 6 | And it turned out to be this Pekinese and when we went down there the lady was lovely and er we we interviewed her and we saw the Pekinese and we saw the Pekinese carry flower pots everywhere . |
| 7 | I went swiftly down the hall to the front door , and eased its bolts open . |
| 8 | I went to this party at Mr Midwinter 's and it 's a wonderful house with footmen and things , and I went in just the sort of clothes I 'd wear for a party here in Helsinki . |
| 9 | The Count of Flanders , Louis de Mâle , had only one child , his daughter Margaret , whose marriage was eagerly sought by both protagonists in the war , for with her went not only the County of Flanders itself with its substantial revenues but also Artois , Nevers , Rethel and the County of Burgundy . |
| 10 | He decided he was n't going to get anywhere along those lines , or not yet , and went over again the details of when Hawick had last seen his fiancée . |
| 11 | We went further down the slope to practise parachute landing falls and ground handling skills — everything you need to know before actually launching yourself off the side of a hill . |
| 12 | If they did not reach the very poorest , they went further down the scale than most model buildings , and provided the sort of accommodation the poor were used to , despite the introduction of a guardian and a gate to keep the transients at bay and the tenants up to scratch . |
| 13 | Added to this was the fact that the clocks themselves were so erratic ; every so often they slowed down , so that time went more slowly the closer you were to them . |
| 14 | When a they were sent home from we went home from this quarry then , and the everybody went home so the the were forty of us in altogether . |
| 15 | He went quickly up the metal staircase , leaving Amanda entangled with a group below . |
| 16 | Although the gliders were left facing at right angles to the wind and were weighted down with tyres in the approved manner , when the first strong thermal went off nearby the wind would become gusty and change direction completely . |
| 17 | His hand went up just the same . |
| 18 | Went up there the following day and they came back armed with all sorts of things — knives and cudgels — and they went up there and a real fight developed . |
| 19 | He left school and went straight on the dole , like Derek probably will . |
| 20 | Mm , mm , cos of King 's Cross , had to come at all it 's awful and one time you just went straight on the escalator and now you 've got to go |
| 21 | Well we went straight on the motorway |
| 22 | He went straight up the stairs and a few minutes later came down carrying a parcel of his things . |
| 23 | Mother went out early the next morning , and it was nearly seven o'clock before she came home . |
| 24 | He turned and went back up the rows of cars . |
| 25 | Philip went back up the village . |
| 26 | As Henry got through the front gate , number 60 went back up the street towards his wife and number 47 dropped , suddenly and dramatically , on to his knees in front of the red Mitsubishi . |
| 27 | But he countered : ‘ The supporter was saying terrible things to me and I went back up the tunnel because I wanted to have a good look at the face of the person who was abusing me . |
| 28 | Almost , she went back up the stairs to give him what she had … |
| 29 | Without another word he too went back up the bank and vanished into the wood . |
| 30 | He got the champagne and two glasses and went back up the stairs . |