Example sentences of "[pron] went [adv prt] on " in BNC.

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1 Refreshed , I went up on deck and looked at the waves .
2 I mean , I 'd had the feeling before , a bit , the first couple of times I went up on the End , it was that much closer to the spindle .
3 Next , I went up on deck .
4 And er I er I went up on negotiations , we used to get a small a small basic wage you see ?
5 I helped myself , and when I had finished , I went up on deck and began sorting out the rigging .
6 Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton .
7 Until 1978 that is , when we had the first and last National Conference in this country and after spending about three days cooking rice and feeling very exhausted , I went up on the platform to speak on behalf of Chi lean women and I was made to shut up .
8 With me there , but he 'd be aboard the dumb hopper and I 'd be aboard the dredger and I remember one man , he turned round , his name was ex naval man he was and er I went round on the Sunday morning and he did n't speak to me on the Saturday .
9 I went over on my ankle and just had to keep hopping .
10 I went out on a board George Downing had built for me .
11 I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date .
12 If a major local news story broke , I went out on it .
13 During my spell on the late desk I went out on no fewer than eleven murders .
14 One Sunday Joe and I went out on the marshes , as usual , to study together .
15 Editor , — Recently , as a trainee general practitioner , I went out on an urgent call at lunchtime on a weekday .
16 Two months before the murder of Sir Danvers Carew I went out on one of my evil adventures .
17 During the first few winter holidays I went out on our pony with the Teme Valley , the local pack of hounds that hunted the rough hill country on the Welsh border .
18 Well now , during this twelve months I went out on the beats etcetera , I just merely picked it up , if I was in doubt about anything my sergeant would put me right and the atmosphere , the amount of discipline was quite severe , for instance , I always , we had always to parade at least ten minutes before the hour to be acquainted with what had happened since we were last on duty .
19 I went down on my knees and edged towards the hole .
20 I went down on my knees carefully and as carefully turned to face the other way , south .
21 I went down on hands and knees , half in and half out of the doorway , with an excuse ready of looking for a coin I 'd dropped .
22 After that I went down on her and once she 'd come she did the same to me .
23 near Kettering , Don went to er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden and er I 'd been there about a year and all of a sudden there was a call in for Shorteners at so I went down on the bike and er what er the one over me who , who was elderly , well was n't over me but he was er he was on my job but the senior man on it he come in , the boss had sent him in to have a look cos the er Shorteners were complaining , and er then they rang up for one of us , he said well I 'm not leaving till I 've solved this problem so I had to go .
24 However much of a challenge the town presented , I figured I would cause less stir if I went in on foot than in a four-wheeled horseless vehicle .
25 When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back .
26 that 's the one Mike 's mad on , and when I went in on , er
27 That being an impossible expectation , I went off on a tack and remarked that he 'd been lucky , as a politician , that he was also a natural entertainer .
28 Well , I went off on holiday to Switzerland and on the way back I suddenly thought : Oh my God , what have I done ?
29 Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint .
30 When I went back on the Wednesday , Miss Hale , the Headmistress of the Infants ' School asked why I had been absent .
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