Example sentences of "went [adv] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mountbatten missed Charles enormously when he went off on long trips and felt lonely and deprived without his increasingly regular visits . |
| 2 | Every day the Prince and Princess went off on official business , to look at churches , visit hospitals and meet people , and the minute they were back on board the royal yacht , Charles would quickly change into some comfortable clothes and sit on deck with his sketchbook and teacher , until the very last minute before the bell for dinner . |
| 3 | While transit passengers went off on local tours , Ellerman & Bucknall were busy co-ordinating the delivery of 80 tons of supplies and 2,500 tons of fuel to be taken on board . |
| 4 | He and Eva went out on long walks together , or to the cinema at the ICA to see Scorsese films and exhibitions of dirty nappies . |
| 5 | Rainey went back on top Down Under . |
| 6 | Only a modest proportion of government expenditure went on civil matters , while between 75 and 85 per cent of annual expenditure went either on current spending on the Army , Navy and ordnance , or else to the service of war debts . |