Example sentences of "went on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had to first of all survive which is why it went on the long march was n't it ? |
| 2 | When two well-groomed girls suggested : ‘ there is only a problem if you 're going to use it ’ , the boys went on the verbal attack . |
| 3 | BSDI lawyers went on the offensive last week circulating court documents among the press along with a press release slamming the USL suit as ‘ harassing and frivolous ’ and harbouring ‘ chilling overtones for the computer software industry . ’ |
| 4 | In the winter of 1805–6 the Serbs went on the offensive and soon gained control of the whole of the pashalik , including the city of Belgrade . |
| 5 | Victory went on the European championship event went to Fernandez Peres in an Escort Cosworth . |
| 6 | For Gary 36 , paralysed five years ago after falling from a ladder during DIY work at his Haverigg home , went on the downhill run on little more than a converted chair . |
| 7 | Frederick went on the new railway as far as the railhead at the diamond mines of Kimberley , and had to join an ox-wagon train the rest of the way . |
| 8 | The pictures were assembled during the 1900s by Sir John Leicester , a close friend of George IV who went on the Grand Tour but who , unlike many of his contemporaries , remained faithful to living British artists . |
| 9 | ‘ Something like , I dare say , ’ went on the old lady , ‘ that seizure that attacked poor Kirtlington at the end of last season . ’ |
| 10 | Erm , how many of you went on the basic management skills course ? |
| 11 | We went on the top road . |
| 12 | Arsenal and Blackburn , who also admire Earle , will watch any developments , while Liverpool were in touch with Wimbledon the minute the three players went on the open market . |
| 13 | It went on the whole year Yes with the sillocks and things . |
| 14 | But if you only went on the square foot it do n't matter how big it was well that 's like , surely that 'd be fairer ? |
| 15 | Roy Minnett ( left ) and Gervys Hazlitt , two Australian Test players who went on the pioneering tour of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) in 1914 |