Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] go [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Despite all the scheming and matchmaking that went on behind the scenes , when Charles and Diana took their wedding vows on 29 July 1981 , they were undoubtedly in love .
2 Corbett bathed in the guest-house 's one and only tub before dressing and going down to the buttery for ale and a bowl of bread and fish boiled in milk .
3 She could not find the light switch and stood , her hand on the newel post , deciding whether to go up in the dark .
4 Now it was an established custom that we very often used to go out to a strip in the desert away from the camp where we could indulge in circuits and landings to our hearts content without being related to the hour by hour flying that went on at the Base camp .
5 ‘ We had been drinking and went up to the bedroom .
6 Ian Woosnam is debating whether to go back to the drawing board and change his putting style for today 's Honda Open in Hamburg .
7 Looking around the cobbled farmyard and at the farm buildings , the shelling and mortaring that went on during the attack on Breville had taken its toll .
8 He passed under the rock where Ellwood was sitting and went down to the narrow spit where he always stood to fish .
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