Example sentences of "went [adv prt] [adj] [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 | They went down dirty narrow streets where the houses on either side were tall and large , but very old . |
| 3 | Er there used to be a a a a an inlet to the other shaft , you see there was an inlet shaft that was all boxed in , that was the top hard that went down four hundred and ninety yards you see ? |
| 4 | You know the steep hill at , at erm between Martlesham and Woodbridge , you know as you left Martlesham you went down that steep hill down to the erm the pub at the bottom of the hill where you came out on the looks to me as if the new road misses that altogether |
| 5 | ‘ I tell you it went down that last passage on the right , ’ hissed Kring in a voice like the scrape of a blade over stone . |
| 6 | Derby County 's grief at the foot of the first division continues as they went down two one at Crystal Palace . |
| 7 | Today 's shares : Abbey National up sixteen to two hundred and thirty , British Aerospace down eighteen at five five nine , British Airways down nought point five at one four four , British Gas up six at two three two , British Telecom went up seventeen to two nine O point five , Goodhead Publishing Group were up two to sixty , Metalbox went down twenty five to one one two five , Morland Brewers went down five to two hundred and seventy , and Oxford Instruments were up , they were up five to two five seven , Thames Water were up eleven at two hundred and thirty four , the Trustee Savings Bank was up six at a hundred and thirty eight , and today 's major movers , Reuters , down seventy to seven O three , Bass up seventy seven to one O five O. |
| 8 | I 've seen th this fella came down and he was selling pianos and er he went down this particular terrace and he must have sold seven , eight , or nine or ten on , on both sides . |
| 9 | I dreamt that I went down those signless roads to the assembly of Leprechauns by a river of stars , and we embarked in an armada of fairy boats , and sailed till the dawn to an unimaginable sea . |
| 10 | But even as she went over all this she continued to hurry from one section of the store to another , searching , her heart thumping . |
| 11 | Recently on holiday in Southern Turkey I went off one sweltering afternoon to make a watercolour sketch of the harbour . |
| 12 | Erm and it went up that that night . |
| 13 | They went up another narrow passageway , not so much a passage as a mere slit between houses , and came out suddenly into open space . |
| 14 | Twelfth seed Ros Nideffer went out 4–6 6–2 10–8 to US qualifier Katrina Adams in a second round match resumed after being halted overnight at 5–5 in the final set . |
| 15 | For the next few weeks they went out one late night after another — ‘ I do n't know how we survived , ’ says Robert . |
| 16 | When she was strong enough , she went out one early morning and buried the wedding-dress decently under the apple-tree . |
| 17 | well last year we went out last New Year , times . |
| 18 | Well , I tell you , she come out of the yard , and went round that level bit of ground agin that pond , on one wheel . |
| 19 | An armhole of the waistcoat went round all four of them ! |