Example sentences of "went [adv prt] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on gazing into the flames and she knew his thoughts were too far away for her words to reach him . |
| 2 | For a minute more , the boy went on gazing at the Harewoman . |
| 3 | If Dreadnought went on sinking at the present rate , in ten minutes the hole would n't be above the waterline , but below . |
| 4 | Gilgamesh went on to search for the secret of immortality and according to the legend he almost succeeded . |
| 5 | But that was perhaps not enough , and he went on to explain to the congregation and to the Prince of Wales as the new President that there was a ‘ more searching question ’ to be asked about validation : |
| 6 | He was silent after this , but Belinda went on thinking about the subject for some minutes more . |
| 7 | I:58 ) ; and then went on to point to the difficulties faced by such statistical studies . |
| 8 | Sir John Pennycuick went on to refer to the far-reaching limitations which govern the exercise of the jurisdiction . |
| 9 | First , in his evidence he referred to a better solution as being quotes , seeks a small residential setting with some other people , unquote and went on to refer to the possibility of the plaintiff entering one of the Cheshire Homes . |
| 10 | I went on to say in the new world in which we live legislation has grown like topsy and thus requires more drastic pruning . |
| 11 | Er , I went on to say throughout the ages the government has repealed legislation , there 's nothing new about repealing legislation it is repealed either because it is proved unworkable or because it 's simply outlived its shelf life . |
| 12 | He went on looking at the disgusting bits . |
| 13 | He went on looking at the floor , thoughtful . |
| 14 | He did n't even ask the next question but went on looking at the Consul General expectantly . |
| 15 | His last years were marred by debilitating illness but , a compulsive worker , he went on writing until the end , dying at his home in Cambridge 19 December 1978 . |
| 16 | His first memorandum began by indicting the government 's supposedly annexationist motives for going to war and went on to inveigh against the economic and cultural backwardness which the conflict had brought to light . |
| 17 | Coleman knew the power it could exercise behind the scenes , and went on hoping through the summer of 1990 that Control would somehow find the right strings to pull . |
| 18 | Barnes went on to talk about the valuation of the estate , applying for probate and the possibility of Inheritance Tax . |
| 19 | She went on to talk about the shop , giving Myra no time to say anything else about Roman . |
| 20 | We went on to talk about the articles in Time and Tide that had so provoked Rebecca West , and Father D'Arcy observed how , in dealing with ‘ difficult ’ correspondents , it was important to strike the right note in replying . |
| 21 | Kate felt her cheeks tinge once more with pink as she went on listening to the good-natured chaff Mike Booker was taking on her behalf . |
| 22 | Banbridge was receiving 13lb from Clever Folly but as the winner subsequently went on to triumph in the A F Budge Gold Cup at Cheltenham , breaking the track record in the process , there is little wrong with the form . |
| 23 | When Glass started his studies , Boulanger was 75 and she went on teaching until the age of 92 . |
| 24 | He went on to reflect on the foundation of new branches . |
| 25 | Then she went on to elaborate with the facts she 'd learned from Leo . |
| 26 | Your correspondent went on to speculate about the likely cost of reinsuring through this vehicle the 1982 account of syndicates 317/661 , managed by this company . |
| 27 | He had found he had a good voice and was taking singing lessons , and he went on flirting with the piano and a trumpet he had bought between practising his flute . |
| 28 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |
| 29 | He went on staring at the Hare-woman . |
| 30 | Dyson went on staring at the raindrops , saying nothing . |