Example sentences of "[noun] and went [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They climbed back into the jeep and went on along the rutted lane , lurching and splashing through deep puddles , the Brigadier worrying audibly all the way because ‘ things were n't as they should be . ’ |
| 2 | Gordon sat quite still for a few seconds , then uncrossed his legs and went out of the room , a room in his own house , or rather his mother 's . |
| 3 | Slowly he rose from his seat and went over to the headmaster who stood twisting the piece of white chalk between his fingers . |
| 4 | She put the scarf back round her neck and went through to the shop . |
| 5 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 6 | Steve picked up his sandwich and went over to the television set where he sat eating it while he watched the news . |
| 7 | Charles shuffled through his pockets for a two p piece and went down to the phone . |
| 8 | She grabbed her handbag and went through to the bathroom . |
| 9 | He again eased himself out of the narrow space of the breakfast nook and went over to the kitchen counter , looked at the parcel and looked at his wife , who was now almost hysterical : He decided that he must be courageous and investigate , so he unwound the paper towels , picked up the books one by one and read their titles . |
| 10 | Birkett shrugged his shoulders and went on with the fish cakes . |
| 11 | He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors . |
| 12 | Here , in an empty silence , he unpacked his bicycle panniers and went up to the pantry where the bulk of the xerox squatted amongst unsavoury tea-towels beside a tea-stained sink . |
| 13 | ‘ Be our guest , ’ said Noolan and went back into the social room leaving the large figure , head wreathed in cigarette smoke , seated at the top of the big committee sized table . |
| 14 | At the well they left their books and went down to the shore . |
| 15 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 16 | So the days were unhappy and the nights a bleak nothingness , and although I never actually put a rope around that pulley , nor loaded my shotgun and went out into the field and dug my own grave — as I had visualized so often — nor started my engine in the garage , yet I thought about all three , and on occasions I thought about one or other for days at a time . |
| 17 | They left the goose in the dairy and went back along the passage and through a swing door with baize on one side into a wide , dark hall where a grandfather clock ticked in one corner and a small oil lamp threw shadows . |
| 18 | He was unable to find work and went back to the North to be near his little boy . |
| 19 | Last weekend we booked a 55-seater coach and went down to the youth soccer international at Wembley between England and Italy and had a marvellous time . ’ |
| 20 | She put him in the cubicle and went back to the nursing station to phone the physiotherapy department . |
| 21 | Mark crossed the imposing entrance hall and went out for the last time . |
| 22 | He took the Mascot Missile 's keys from the tray in the hall and went out into the driving rain . |
| 23 | Tom left the room on a laugh and went out to the nurses ' station , almost bumping into Bill Hamilton on the way . |
| 24 | A group of us hastily slung together a plan and went back into the concert hall in an effort to oust the ruling junta . |
| 25 | To her surprise he jerked to his feet and went over to the video machine and yanked the cassette out without rewinding it . |
| 26 | I drained my mess-tin , got to my feet and went out across the cobbled farmyard , under the arch , and out along the road leading to Brigade H.Q hoping that I would not be requiring the special services offered by the medics . |
| 27 | Sometimes I braved the elements and went out to the garage and thought about a hosepipe on the exhaust of the car , but I was never brave enough to face real oblivion , although when I went to bed at night , I used to refer to it as slipping into oblivion . |
| 28 | He regularly donned a wig and women 's clothing and went out on the town as Diane . |
| 29 | I switched off the machine and went back to the counter . |
| 30 | He said something to the Feldwebel and went out of the room . |