Example sentences of "[noun pl] and went [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Birkett shrugged his shoulders and went on with the fish cakes . |
| 3 | He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At the well they left their books and went down to the shore . |
| 6 | To her surprise he jerked to his feet and went over to the video machine and yanked the cassette out without rewinding it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Ellen was polishing the furniture with beeswax , but collected her cloths and went out of the room wordlessly when Paul entered , shutting the door after her . |
| 10 | Ranulf humoured him and , once they were through the Galilee Gate , handed over the promised coins and went back to the guest house . |
| 11 | They left the woods and went around by the neighbouring fields — ‘ blind ’ country where the ditches and drains were all concealed in coarse , overgrown grass . |
| 12 | I stopped taking my testosterone tablets and went back on the dole again . |
| 13 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 14 | She gathered her pages of notes and went out into the sunlit streets . |
| 15 | She picked up the first box of jars and went back to the room . |
| 16 | She picked her way over the scattered things and went on to the balcony . |
| 17 | Laughing at this last jibe , she swept some papers into her arms and went over to the far side of the nurses ' station , where files were stored , leaving Belinda relieved to be alone . |
| 18 | He was stationed in an old chapel in Chuckery because the Americans once they 'd started they were putting them everywhere or anywhere they could just get to be with them before V Day they were even in little chapels , churches , outhouses anywhere they could possibly and there were guns and bits of trucks on every spot of land where they could get them the er , I 'm getting out of context I was just thinking about a tank , a First World War tank that they used to have those as well in the field gun in the er arboretum which were disappeared soon after the war they went for scrap and they came and they used , people used to have a lot of wrought iron railings as well they took those as well they came along with burners and went off to the war effort , but er like I say the Americans and of course as kids they were very generous with kids and we absolutely loved them . |
| 19 | Corbett rose , wiped his hands and went back into the priory . |
| 20 | I finished cleaning my mouth and hands and went back to the dead man 's chamber . |
| 21 | We bought our tickets and went through into the grounds , sitting down just inside to admire . |
| 22 | WC apps : 2 Cameroun 's big moment came in Spain in 1982 when they held Peru , Poland and Italy to draws and went out of the tournament proud of their unbeaten record . |
| 23 | When he finally arrived , the directors of the State Opera , government ministers , and so on all put on their best clothes and went out to the airport to meet him . |
| 24 | She liked wearing the cap ; it made her feel different , as did the long grey coat that went down to the top of her boots , because then she did not feel like Millie Forester , whose mother and father were dead and had no-one belonging to her , except the fat woman and the man with short legs , but more like a princess who , every now and again , donned strange clothes and went out among the common people , and was kind to them , and yet always remained a princess under the disguise . |
| 25 | Every morning the full tribe got the pots , pans and went down to the river , washed , got the clean water , carried back and they lived well . |
| 26 | When the mob of Hut 2 fell from their bed bunks and went out into the blackness for Exercise , Holly was with them . |