Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] went [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It bored Philip , so he usually stayed in the kitchen or went up to his room . |
| 2 | Not as I remember no funnily enough but they used to have people who , who went out to work at different airports after the planes had gone out they used to have gangs that went out to Perton and er we used to draw equipment from er the maintenance un RAF maintenance unit at Stafford things used to come from there . |
| 3 | In one of them he found a collection of cheque stubs and account books that went back to the 1940s . |
| 4 | Four women were injured when they were hit by a car that went out of control . |
| 5 | see Exod. 14 : 28 , ‘ And the waters returned , and covered the chariots , and the horsemen , even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea ; there remained not so much as one of them ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He closed his eyes and went through in detail what he would like to do to the curly-haired tart . |
| 9 | Slowly he rose from his seat and went over to the headmaster who stood twisting the piece of white chalk between his fingers . |
| 10 | She put the scarf back round her neck and went through to the shop . |
| 11 | After dutifully inspecting the destruction at the El Azziziya barracks , where the Libyan leader lived , at the port of Sidi Balal and at Tripoli airport , as well as the damage done to the French Embassy and to civilian homes adjoining the target areas , Coleman left the media pack clamouring for phone lines at the El Khebir hotel or doing ‘ stand-ups ’ on the roof and went off on his own . |
| 12 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 13 | Steve picked up his sandwich and went over to the television set where he sat eating it while he watched the news . |
| 14 | We all loaded into the Volvo and went down to Shellerton Manor where everyone trooped in to see Harry . |
| 15 | Corbett nodded , smiled his thanks and went over to where Alexander now slouched in a half-drunken stupor . |
| 16 | Charles shuffled through his pockets for a two p piece and went down to the phone . |
| 17 | She grabbed her handbag and went through to the bathroom . |
| 18 | The sole exception was Mother-she liked riding in a boat and went out with her close friend Mrs Fawcett , who took her boys along , too . |
| 19 | I took a boat and went out on Lake Geneva . |
| 20 | Later he became the New Yorker 's music critic and went on to be music editor of the Listener . |
| 21 | Unless she cut her losses and went back to England . |
| 22 | They they left their own personal belongings and I know from very close friends that those Palestinians who did n't like the invasion they left Kuwait and went back to Jordan , so we hope they come back . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Birkett shrugged his shoulders and went on with the fish cakes . |
| 25 | Nikos shrugged his shoulders and went on with his writing . |
| 26 | He waited another second , then shrugged his shoulders and went in through the double doors . |
| 27 | Earlier this year , in May , they voted for change , but when Noriega disavowed the election result the mass of the people shrugged their shoulders and went back to work . |
| 28 | We left the manor and went down to that silent tomb of a church . |
| 29 | They passed under the stone archway and went out into Castle Street . |
| 30 | But Jamie longed for adventure and , while still a boy , he joined the crew of a boat at Ayr harbour and went off to sea . |