Example sentences of "[adv] went [prep] [pos pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The upper rooms were silent when he finally went to his own room , but before getting into bed he pushed his wedge of broken chair-leg under the door to keep the Bogeyman out .
2 Our conclusion , overall , is rather that a large book on Greece was not a serious possibility for long , if at all ; that the actual book written was , in an important sense , Wagnerian from the start ; but that , notwithstanding the extent of Wagner 's influence , there is no good reason to suppose that Nietzsche ever went against his own inclinations for Wagner 's sake , whether by adding material , changing it or suppressing it .
3 He presumably went by his own codes on the packet .
4 I watched the two handsome flags uncurl to the warm wind , then went on my own tour of inspection .
5 Leith had a brief discussion with Robert Drewer on a few matters , collected up several files while she was at it , then went to her own office , where her assistant had just arrived .
6 I rousted Thessy out of his bed with a cup of tea , then went to my own bed as he took over the wheel .
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