Example sentences of "[noun prp] went " in BNC.
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| 1 | Markby went back to the living room where the Queen 's Speech was finished , Matthew and Emma were watching a film and Emily had been sick . |
| 2 | The nature of the old system also illustrates the way ‘ notches ’ or ‘ traps ’ are introduced into the pay system in that as an employee moved from , say , £74 to £75 a week , NICs went from 2 to 7 per cent of all income . |
| 3 | Poor Ned , cruel with his jealousy , who had already made it clear to her that as soon as Captain Goldsborough went away again — as he surely would — to see to his interests in Antigua and Martinique , then she would have to give Ned exactly what he wanted . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll never forget that day Portugal went 3-0 down to North Korea in the '66 World Cup , and he pulled them round single-handed with four goals . |
| 5 | Relations with the Vatican had been broken off in 1861 but Pope John Paul II visited Mexico in 1990 [ see p. 37475 ] while Salinas went to the Vatican in July 1991 . |
| 6 | Wainfleet went on as the drinks arrived : ‘ All sorts of folk have their reasons for wanting other people 's private business , or their own , published . |
| 7 | When Stox went under it became a laughing stock . |
| 8 | Young Reggie Sangston went round making sure all the lights were off , except the ones in the servants ' rooms and in the sitting-room where we were . |
| 9 | Miss Pinkney went scarlet . |
| 10 | When Kylie went shopping for more additions to her by now Imelda Marcos scale wardrobe in one of London 's stores , the result was inevitable . |
| 11 | When Dot went to bed that night , Gloria laid the fawn coat over the top of the blanket . |
| 12 | I thought to myself : ‘ Oh no ’ but Auntie Dot went into the fence and was brilliant at it . |
| 13 | Molly went on laying the table , placing knives and forks neatly as though her sanity depended on it . |
| 14 | When Molly went to the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 to translate for nuns from the college in Shanghai , recent graduates from the Medau Schule came to teach with Peggy , and plans were being made to establish a Medau Training College in England . |
| 15 | Nearly 140,000 workers in 53 jute mills across West Bengal went on strike on Jan. 28 demanding higher wages . |
| 16 | Fardine went to join him . |
| 17 | Michael Landon was plucked from the Ring Theatre Group to instant stardom in the television western series , ‘ Bonanza ’ ; Eddie Byrnes went into ‘ 77 Sunset Strip ’ and Robert Fuller was selected for ‘ Laramie ’ . |
| 18 | Through a series of reforms , most notably the retiring on full pay of some 8,000 officers , Azaña went some way towards achieving the first of these goals . |
| 19 | The secretary of the college Georgina went to said she was a mature , punctual young girl . |
| 20 | ‘ Now that I 've got the car we can do things like that , ’ Edward went on . |
| 21 | ‘ The Duke of Buckingham then stood to deliver an harangue , ’ Edward went on . |
| 22 | Although the vow was only to be accomplished if Edward went in person , Pierre-Amanieu none the less felt sufficiently bound by his oath to leave 500 livres bordelaises ( 1 . |
| 23 | After a year at Oxford University , Edward went to fight in the First World War . |
| 24 | In the autumn of 1930 Edward went to stay with his friends Lord and Lady Furness . |
| 25 | In January 1936 Edward went to Windsor for a few weeks . |
| 26 | ‘ I must stay here for a while , ’ Edward went on . |
| 27 | Then Edward went to see his mother . |
| 28 | But Edward went on to tell her that she did n't really care for the children , she only liked to think she did , to make herself feel good . |
| 29 | Edward went slightly red . |
| 30 | Cadfael went out with him only into the herb garden , for he still had work to do here . |