Example sentences of "went [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again . |
| 2 | Your alarm clock went off this morning then Pete ? |
| 3 | Jay was now In Love with the impossible Lucy , Dionne went for butch crewcut teenagers , and they hugged each other 's hurt away and made love like some people offer Kleenex and brandy in times of stress . |
| 4 | En Shao went for brilliant incisiveness rather than dramatic dialogue . |
| 5 | In Cairo on Oct. 24 , he then went for one day to Damascus , meeting President Assad of Syria , and returned unexpectedly to Egypt on Oct. 26 . |
| 6 | Hubert went for one interview , along with six other candidates . |
| 7 | When I found it , there was an argument and we went for each other . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I think that they got a bit carried away , ’ she laughs , ‘ I 'm not sure why they went for that word exactly . |
| 9 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
| 10 | I could have done with it , I could n't get on the bloo they got this internal bus service that runs from each college , cos you have to go to the other colleges for your lectures , and I just sort , there 's not enough , and you , you get turned away , and I just thought , I went for that bus Tuesday morning , I was supposed to get it at eight fifteen , and he just said sorry , no more room . |
| 11 | As a result , when the two women went for that walk — which was followed by several others — the topic Sarah was so anxious to discuss just never came up . |
| 12 | Comedians Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith went for huge belly laughs as they poked fun at ‘ a small group of people for whom this has been a terrible year — the British tabloid journalists ’ . |
| 13 | Each time we went for another animal all those left howled and fought their chains to get close to us so as not to be left behind . |
| 14 | The club went for another batsman instead , and that 's why I was intent on resigning . |
| 15 | Whereas the Chinese would take only clear amber and the Dutch had a preference for it , the Russians went for cloudy amber . |
| 16 | Suppose we went for this drink and the Hobbs greeted us ? |
| 17 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 18 | He was drilling the car through a bend at 90mph when he went for third gear — and hit first at 7,000 revs . |
| 19 | As I went for vigorous afternoon walks along the footpath by the half-frozen river or across the frosty fields and up the sheep-tracks on to the hills and the bare moors beyond . |
| 20 | When A.A. Matveev went as Russian minister to The Hague in 1699 eight young Russians were attached to his mission to gain the experience which would fit them for future diplomatic careers ; and during the next decade members of several important noble families studied in Europe for this purpose with government backing . |
| 21 | Both projects went through limited field testing to examine teacher and pupil acceptability before widespread dissemination . |
| 22 | From 1958 to 1963 I went through various initiation rites , learned the values of the institution , and underwent the training all new constables were then required to follow . |
| 23 | But Paula says the Press have n't been fair she explains she actually went through two speed traps without knowing it . |
| 24 | The route went through all manufacturing departments and ended with tea and a sandwich buffet in the canteen . |
| 25 | The majority of people that went through that service all had some recollection of things they did n't enjoy very much but they by and large thoroughly enjoyed their experience in the Army , it livened them up , it made them better men and we have got after all one of the best armies if not the best army in the world , it 's got to come from |
| 26 | I can understand why a kid would kill himself if he went through that sort of experience . |
| 27 | All who went through that regime of training remember the extremes of fatigue and of being pushed to their limits . |
| 28 | The teacher went through each step and the children answered in unison . |
| 29 | Treasurer 's report the balance sheets were circulated to all and the treasurer went through each item of expenditure , explaining in detail . |
| 30 | I went through such hell … imagining you together … imagining you making love to her … ’ |