Example sentences of "went [adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We danced until the early hours of the morning when , exhausted , we all went together to a large bedroom and fell asleep . |
| 2 | Recently I went outside on a clear night , and started to count the stars I could see inside the Square ; using × 7 . |
| 3 | Yeah I was gon na say , she went away as a little kid |
| 4 | Tess Lemmon went down to the farm , looked a pig in the eye and , in the spirit of the continuing BBC1 series ‘ Lifesense ’ , went away with a new pig perspective . |
| 5 | Do you think the children of the congregation went away with a great love of the mass ? |
| 6 | I was so physically tired that I slept as soundly as the corpses outside the window but , unlike them , awoke refreshed and went downstairs to a good breakfast . |
| 7 | Having got to Bristol , he went home for a short holiday and died . |
| 8 | I picked a fight with the biggest one , which turned into a full-pitch playground battle , and went home with a bloody nose , two black eyes and a front tooth missing . ’ |
| 9 | He went home with a single man whose mantelpiece was crowded with framed family photos — partners , holidays , weddings , babies , graduations , christenings ; the man ( who was gorgeous ) told Boy that he worked in a photo processing lab , and that none of the photos were of his own family or lovers , but were all stolen . |
| 10 | They went carefully along a dark passage to some stairs , then suddenly stopped . |
| 11 | ‘ You may want to put that over your eyes , the driving 's kinda crazy here , ’ he said as ten cars hurtled forward with absolutely no lane discipline , and all went straight through a red light with furious honking . |
| 12 | By now the atmosphere was electric , as Miguelito went straight into a full-blown flamenco , to cheers and whistles and the clatter of castanets . |
| 13 | A middle-aged woman , matronly in appearance and , thought Tony , not looking at all comical , went straight into a saucy monologue about an amorous coalman who left dusty handprints on various parts of his lady customers ' anatomies . |
| 14 | Wakefield went behind to a fourth-minute penalty by Chris Smith . |
| 15 | All went well for a short while , but then his childhood respiratory problems returned . |
| 16 | I cheekily went across to a detached cottage and asked if it was possible to get a bite to eat . |
| 17 | Up until recently , we had a resident who went across on a regular basis but her health deteriorated , and we have at least three or four who do wander about the shops . |
| 18 | Oh I w I went there as a young girl . |
| 19 | The do that in wonderful community centre , I went there to a good function the other evening , very good fish and chips and as well . |
| 20 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |
| 21 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 22 | ‘ Then one night Hugo and Jebb ( The Mouse 's twanging Boothby twins ) went there for a quiet beer and the DJ was going , ‘ I 've heard that a couple of Jacob 's Mouse are here and I want to tell them to get off their high horse and come down to play here . |
| 23 | We went there with a new cloth on the drum , as near as could be ; and when we come away there was n't a piece of it no bigger than your hand . |
| 24 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |
| 25 | She could not keep from the house on the bay but went late for a brief evening swim and , elated with resolution , left soon after dinner . |
| 26 | Except that they did not go , as promised , to the Rotunda , but went instead to a rival attraction advertised in Saunder 's News-Letter & Daily Advertiser : one , indeed , which ensured that Monsieur Jerricault 's Great Picture did not triumph in Dublin as it had done in London . |
| 27 | People would not welcome a move from their home and if closure went ahead over a long period of time staff would inevitably leave . |
| 28 | Haslemere went ahead after a determined run by Eddy down the left wing and a cross to Cornish who put the ball past the Trojans 'keeper . |
| 29 | They came out at last and Haile Selassie went forward under a crimson canopy to show himself to his people . |
| 30 | Nonetheless , research and development in post-war fighter aircraft went forward at a brisk pace and over a wide range of options . |