Example sentences of "[pron] went [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you understand that someone went to a deal of trouble to sharpen it , well in advance , and so must have planned the murder . |
| 2 | Someone went to a car-rental firm in North Oxford in the early afternoon and hired a Vauxhall Cavalier . |
| 3 | I think it 's a local gardener , or someone went to the filled up all the turf and took it all out . |
| 4 | Well , he fired a pistol and someone went for him with the blade of a scythe . ’ |
| 5 | When someone went into one , you had time to go and buy an ice-cream before they came out again . |
| 6 | Dorothy waited patiently and had her moment of triumph when someone went into the back of his car at a traffic light — clearly his fault for not getting a move on quicker . |
| 7 | Supposing the tumour in my lungs was not entirely new but had started five months ago , before I went onto my diet , took my vitamins or began my visualizations ? |
| 8 | I went onto er you know rolling my cigarettes up myself so I would n't be |
| 9 | I go to college now I 'm doing my G C S Es and I 'm enjoying them very much and I 'm glad I went onto that course first . |
| 10 | I did then go about the task Mr Farraday had set me with some dedication ; I spent many hours working on the staff plan , and at least as many hours again thinking about it as I went about other duties or as I lay awake after retiring . |
| 11 | I went about the camp like a man reprieved while on his way to the chaplain and the hangman . |
| 12 | I was wanted in Formula 1 , then I was n't , so I went about my own business , creating my own new future , then all of a sudden I 'm wanted again . |
| 13 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |
| 14 | And I went about two years ago on a gorgeous and sunny morning like one of the first of the season , you know , and the place was packed . |
| 15 | During the next few days I went about my duties with propriety and correctness . |
| 16 | After that I went off music for a while . |
| 17 | Called to identify the body just before I went off duty . |
| 18 | ‘ I went off the idea , ’ I said . |
| 19 | I went off him a lot when he made out he was really eager to get to Blackburn and ‘ only really wanted to play for one club ’ , but you ca n't really blame him for wanting to be filthy rich . |
| 20 | I had no doubt they 'd turn up within a short time , so I went off duty . |
| 21 | A small dark-haired girl — she looked very much like you , actually — was admitted during that Friday evening , after I went off duty . |
| 22 | I went off the second board and I had to get out cos I felt sick . |
| 23 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I went across Canada 12 times during the war on trains with slatted seats . |
| 24 | He explained everything to me and I went across a big courtyard , through a door into a large hall , then up some stairs and along a landing turning left towards an outside terrace down to the lawns at the rear of the Palace . |
| 25 | I went across the clattering , windy linkage space between the dining and dome cars and stood outside the toilet room . |
| 26 | So I went across the street , phoned Peter and said , ‘ Okay , if you still want me , I 'll join . ’ |
| 27 | I went across the course to the stands side to see the horses in the paddock , and then I went up to the very comfy Tribune des Dames , for which the French Racing Authorities so generously send me a badge each year . |
| 28 | He was there when I went across the yard yesterday . |
| 29 | this morning , I went across there and I got ice cream |
| 30 | I went across yours like that . |