Example sentences of "and went [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In typical Fowler fashion , Mick flew straight out from his famous tax collecting job and went onto the hill .
2 Vern stopped for a second , then he turned and went along the drive .
3 People came and went along the street .
4 He therefore changed direction and went along the wharf .
5 Then one of the team slipped in the passage and went under the water .
6 Several researchers joined the group , masquerading as believers , and were thus present when midnight came and went without the prophecy being fulfilled .
7 Terry McLaughlin , the deputy editor of the Irish News , said some of the material shown to him was marked ‘ top secret ’ , the highest security classification , and went beyond the type of photo-montage material that has been widely leaked over the past month .
8 We accept that the statement that he was ‘ beaten to death ’ whilst in police custody was incorrect and went beyond the original inquest verdict of manslaughter .
9 Starting twelfth , Hunt got caught in a battle with Tom Pryce and went off the track and into a sand trap .
10 Another car swerved on a patch of oil , Nigel tried to avoid him , and went off the road . ’
11 Latish that night I got a box of matches and my torch and went across the back field and set fire to this Dutch barn .
12 He closed the door of his study and went across the landing to the bathroom .
13 ‘ I 'll just go and see what 's holding Rosemary up , ’ she said , and went across the corridor to Rosemary 's flat .
14 After a couple of minutes Phoebe recovered her breath ; she pushed herself off the wall with her hands and went through the stairwell doorway into the green-painted corridor .
15 I decided to give the authorities the slip and went through the bathroom window of the hotel and got myself lost in Moscow .
16 I tipped all the lotions from the bathroom into my rucksack , then tossed in the little wicker basket , too — well , why not ? — and went through the room harvesting matchbooks , stationery and all the other items that were either complimentary or portable .
17 She paid off the cab at Bart 's Hospital , and went through the main entrance .
18 He rose from his desk and went through the anteroom into Shirley 's office .
19 In the senior ladies/junior men 's section , seeded with the hardest handicap of - 10 , Amanda Langridge and Andrew Oxton ( Hammer/Eagles ) overcame the large score difference at the beginning of most games , and went through the section unbeaten , to win the trophy for the first time .
20 Many people took this game of make-believe to fantastic lengths and went through the whole elaborate business of a preparation for escape without the slightest real intention of ever carrying it out .
21 According to Morgan , when he challenged Docherty , The Doc denied being the source of the story and went through the deceptive rituals of ringing the journalist to complain .
22 I nodded and went through the crowd towards the dome car .
23 I pulled out to starboard and went through the gate ( boosted the engine to the maximum ) .
24 He did n't even knock but just walked right in and went through the house looking to see if we had anything of value to part with before we could receive any relief .
25 Randy was not wearing his seat belt and went through the plane 's windscreen .
26 ‘ They said his name was Simon so I punched it into the computer and went through the alphabet for burglars .
27 Peter sat down on the leather sofa , which was as uncomfortable as it looked , and went through the folder .
28 The two men rose and went through the minister 's anteroom into his main office .
29 On another occasion she climbed over dustbins and went through the fire exit of a Knightsbridge store , while once she and Carolyn abandoned her car and jumped on a red double decker bus to evade photographers .
30 We lay on the hard , orange clay and went through the different procedures that we would use when we went off to fire on the shooting range .
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