Example sentences of "[adj] and went [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The water was thick and brown and went down through the top end of Spaladale at a fearful rate . |
2 | He decided to be generous and went in to the shop . |
3 | She joined the old South of Scotland Electricity Board in 1976 as a legal assistant — the first female solicitor it had employed — but by 1980 wanted to do something different and went back to university with the company 's blessing ( and a scholarship ) to get an MBA . |
4 | Riborg approved of the Iraquis because they wore clean shirts every day , but disapproved of the Welsh because they were dirty and noisy and went round in droves . |
5 | At length I grew tired and went back to the joys of the tavern , both the board and the bed . |
6 | Eventually a few candles were lit , the band started playing , the couples uncoupled and went off to the back room , and the party went on . |
7 | ‘ But tonight , when I hit the snake on the rope , it was angry and went back through the air-vent . |
8 | I snatched his sliding door open and went back into the arctic cold where I punched the button to summon the lift . |