Example sentences of "went [prep] [pos pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the background she could hear the band performing another number , the muted hum of conversation as people went about their own business and then , sharply , intrusively , a voice almost in her ear . |
| 2 | I was wanted in Formula 1 , then I was n't , so I went about my own business , creating my own new future , then all of a sudden I 'm wanted again . |
| 3 | Yes , but I think the interesting thing in this case is you had a woman who you might went against her own interests I think . |
| 4 | Our conclusion , overall , is rather that a large book on Greece was not a serious possibility for long , if at all ; that the actual book written was , in an important sense , Wagnerian from the start ; but that , notwithstanding the extent of Wagner 's influence , there is no good reason to suppose that Nietzsche ever went against his own inclinations for Wagner 's sake , whether by adding material , changing it or suppressing it . |
| 5 | Around three trains per week were accepted by this shop , all carrying horse-drawn vehicles , coming from Goods Depots all over the country : Camden , Broad Street , Curzon Street etc , whereas it was the rule that road motors came and went under their own power delivered and accepted by the drivers from the depots concerned . |
| 6 | We went into our own chamber . |
| 7 | Instead he went into his own church , secured the door , lit candles and took them to his small carrel where he placed his writing tray . |
| 8 | Regretfully I went into my own apartment . |
| 9 | I went into my own office and sat down , doodling around on the blotter . |
| 10 | I went into my own bedroom and sat on the bed for a few minutes . |
| 11 | While I acclimatised myself to the changes over forty years , I went into my own world , back even further than that first hospital . |
| 12 | Not at all , says Sir Peter , nor would it be out of character if he went in his own carriage — and Mr Moses agrees . |
| 13 | When , that first night , she went to her own bungalow , I was left mostly on my own , though Alec came in early in the evening to lend a hand . |
| 14 | After supper , they put sheets and blankets on the beds , then Mother went to her own room . |
| 15 | She walked out of the room and went to her own room , seething with rage , humiliation and a great sense of desolation . |
| 16 | Peggy did not immediately go downstairs but went to her own room . |
| 17 | Christina went to her own office , which was located on the first floor of the reception building . |
| 18 | Leith had a brief discussion with Robert Drewer on a few matters , collected up several files while she was at it , then went to her own office , where her assistant had just arrived . |
| 19 | When we were out on the street , we followed section by section , and each section went to its own beats . |
| 20 | The upper rooms were silent when he finally went to his own room , but before getting into bed he pushed his wedge of broken chair-leg under the door to keep the Bogeyman out . |
| 21 | Then he went to his own room . |
| 22 | And then he withdrew , closing the door after him , and went to his own room to stretch out for a while . |
| 23 | Embarrassingly for Mr Ben Ali , who likes to trumpet the virtues of Tunisian democracy , all the seats went to his own RCD party . |
| 24 | After six nights in a row with O , Boy spent the seventh night on his own ; he went to his own place . |
| 25 | I rousted Thessy out of his bed with a cup of tea , then went to my own bed as he took over the wheel . |
| 26 | I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow . |
| 27 | Later , Cole comes near to conceding the point : ‘ in the eighties , Trade Unionism and Consumer Co-operation went on their several ways , each shedding much of its earlier idealism and each settling down to consolidate its position within somewhat narrowly delineated fields ’ , which will do as an anodyne description but which , in suppressing the pain , obscures the diagnosis . |
| 28 | To gain experience in practical work , they went on their own initiative to slaughterhouses or the knacker 's yard ; horses were still almost the only animals seen at the College . |
| 29 | I watched the two handsome flags uncurl to the warm wind , then went on my own tour of inspection . |
| 30 | He presumably went by his own codes on the packet . |