Example sentences of "went [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working on Jane Austen was not all that different from working on trade cycles , or lowtemperature physics ; these were the kind of things that went on in the modern university . |
| 2 | As dark fell , street lights went on in the square and many demonstrators lit paper torches . ’ |
| 3 | It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print . |
| 4 | No , Maidstone had been right all along : Sandison knew nothing about what went on in the city . |
| 5 | The light went on in the hall and the door opened . |
| 6 | ‘ It means of course , ’ she went on in the same level tone , ‘ that you will not be free to make a decision until your uncle dies . |
| 7 | True Confessions in 1981 was an attempt at getting my stage nerve back after a disastrous premature version of Blood and Ice , my first try at a real play , went on in the studio of the Belgrade Theatre , Coventry ( ‘ I 'd rather be at the dentist — Birmingham Evening News ’ ) . |
| 8 | These examples give only a hint of the technical finagling that went on in the research centres . |
| 9 | Behind the facade , behind the glittering ceremony and the IAAF delegates ’ hotels which were far superior to those for the athletes , there was a lot of wrong-doing , not least the cheating that went on in the long jump where they tried to wangle a bronze medal for Evangelisti , the Italian , by inaccurate measuring . |
| 10 | But curiously enough , such articulate recognition of the educational significance of the manyattas was exceptional , though administrators often behaved and wrote in ways which hinted at an implicit acknowledgement of the similarity between what went on in a Masai manyatta and what went on in the English boarding schools they had themselves attended . |
| 11 | Back in time for our encore at Wembley ( well , after six nights , you do tend to get a bit lax , and anyway , the tapes went on in the right order and the dry ice was great ) . |
| 12 | But Steven had a b-i-g problem , because he had spent his whole life in Never Never , a land not best known for its grasp of real life , and his idea of what went on in the world outside was limited to the hazy notions he had picked up … from the movies . |
| 13 | A light went on in the house opposite . |
| 14 | If Jolly Sensible was a restaurant , everyone would be speculating about what went on in the basement . |
| 15 | Jolly Sensible was a restaurant , everyone would be speculating about what went on in the basement . |
| 16 | Lights went on in the darkened boardroom . |
| 17 | They wo n't send over the 2,000 word revelation on what really went on in the referee 's room at Lord 's , when the Texaco Trophy ball was changed , until BT fix the fault . |
| 18 | One top player said : ‘ It 's just great the way the Mirror has stuck at prising out exactly what went on in the umpires ’ room when the ball was changed during the lunch interval . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't believe I am being blamed for a fight that went on in the stand behind us , and I hope video evidence will clearly back me up . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But after what went on in the first leg , I hope we get a referee who will be strong enough to stamp out any foul play . |
| 21 | These activities went on in the Great Workshop , where the looms were installed . |
| 22 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 23 | Nothing that went on in the town was a secret for long . |
| 24 | Captions on the screen can give brief information about what went on in the missing bits and how much time has elapsed . |
| 25 | But yes , I mean there was b battering went on in the flats from time to time . |
| 26 | So er er th th there were some er quite substantial er discussions and debates which er which er which went on in the family over the years of course . |
| 27 | Radulfus maintained his judicial calm , and the earl 's broad brow was suave and benign , though there was no guessing what went on in the highly intelligent mind behind it ; but Prior Robert and Sub-Prior Herluin sat very erect , stiff in the spine and with long , refined faces sharpened into steel , studiously not looking straight at each other , but maintaining each a bright gaze on distance , and the appearance of considering with magisterial detachment the situation that confronted them . |
| 28 | But Cadfael was certain by then that Herluin did not know his Tutilo at all , probably never had any clear idea what went on in the minds of any of his novices , because he paid no regard to them . |
| 29 | It 's the officers working now who are the only ones who can really tell you what went on in the past . |
| 30 | The soul-searching that went on in the security community , in the think tanks and universities throughout the United States in 1990 gives some hint of that ‘ sense of loss ’ . |