Example sentences of "they [vb past] [coord] went " in BNC.
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| 1 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 2 | He also kept a watchful eye on Channel tunnel plans as they came and went . |
| 3 | They turned and went up the flight of stairs , a frieze of well-behaved actors . |
| 4 | As the minibus disappeared out of the main gates they turned and went back into the foyer . |
| 5 | There were several hundred birds and , because we had rounded a corner and surprised them , they panicked and went rushing off in a tight bunch , making an accurate count impossible . |
| 6 | Perhaps they turned up outside , looked in and saw nobody they knew and went away again . |
| 7 | They both cried out as they reached and went beyond that white-hot explosion , holding tight as they crested the wave and slowly drifted back to reality . |
| 8 | On the fourth day Jennifer put together every last farthing they possessed and went across to Fowey to visit the apothecary , returning with a malodorous syrup which her mother vomited up within seconds of swallowing . |
| 9 | He was unhappy about the story they gave and went to his car to make further checks on his radio while Special Constable Goodman stood outside . |
| 10 | ‘ But it became obvious that we were n't posing enough of a threat to get them through the bottle neck and as a result they dived and went hell-for-leather back into Scapa Flow . |