Example sentences of "[noun pl] and went [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We handed the horses back to their respective lads and went down the hill again with Tremayne and found Doone waiting for us , sitting in his car .
2 She left the riding stables and went on the dole .
3 They met Colebrooke in the passageway outside , thanked him for his attentions and went down the outside steps into the Tower bailey .
4 My hands left the gun hanging in mid-air above my knees and went for the catapult , which as always was hanging on my belt , the arm-rest stuck down between that and my cords .
5 They all sang their psalms and went to the refectory .
6 Mr Bumble jumped to his feet and went to the other end of the room .
7 Kalchu took off his shoes and went into the shrine .
8 We reached Orange before any of the other groups and went into the barracks .
9 The priests had followed one of two paths : those who took the full vows of celibacy and poverty provided the staff at the houses dedicated to training the young priests ; and those who , after their training , became associates and went into the parishes , to all intents and purposes no different from priests trained elsewhere .
10 They observed holy days and rules of diet and put on black hats and went to the Synagogue .
11 She pretended to keep appointments and went to the wine shop instead .
12 Many people took this game of make-believe to fantastic lengths and went through the whole elaborate business of a preparation for escape without the slightest real intention of ever carrying it out .
13 He picked up the bags and went into the house .
14 After a couple of minutes Phoebe recovered her breath ; she pushed herself off the wall with her hands and went through the stairwell doorway into the green-painted corridor .
15 The driver was the first to recover his scattered wits and went down the steps to comfort Marsh who was leaning against the tender side , shaking uncontrollably , his face ashen .
16 Some evenings , we left our husbands to mind the children and went to the Palais or to the skating-rink , tearing round and round like young colts let out in the meadow .
17 An hour after noon he wandered out of the room he shared with Bessie 's children and went into the kitchen , where he splashed water on his face .
18 They looked perfectly ordinary , and they turned in through the gates and went up the drive .
19 I then made copies of the negatives and went into the darkroom , using pens , brushes , sandpaper , whatever came to hand , in fact to distort the images before finally re-copying to get higher contrast prints , which I finished off with selenium toner .
20 Rufus said , Hi , and come for a swim , so Adam took off his shorts and went into the water in his black nylon underpants .
21 I took off my clothes and went into the shower .
22 On another occasion she climbed over dustbins and went through the fire exit of a Knightsbridge store , while once she and Carolyn abandoned her car and jumped on a red double decker bus to evade photographers .
23 Judging the business to be done , Ramlal picked up the papers and went to the door .
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