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Example sentences for "went abroad"

  • The Resident of France having desired Whitelocke that when he went abroad to take the air he would give him leave to accompany him, Whitelocke sent to him, this fair day inviting and leisure not hindering it.

  • Before I went abroad, I was visited by Freeman, who came on purpose to inform me of the infamous stories that were raised at my expense.

  • Changed my Mind, dressed, went abroad, and play'd at Crimp till Midnight.

  • He went abroad as usual, and only remembered the ceremony of the morning upon finding the changed state of his household when, as usual, he came home in the evening.

  • He was no sooner Dressed, than he called for a Glass of the Widow Trueby's Water, which he told me he always drank before he went abroad.

  • But I have been told that after he went abroad, he was considered somewhat silent, and even disposed to avoid rather than seek general society.

  • In 1806 he went abroad to complete his education.

  • The Reports, of which he published a volume yearly, and which were highly esteemed by American lawyers, were abridged without his consent soon after he went abroad.

  • The country all about thronged to see the beloved and venerated man, as soon as it went abroad that he was come back.

  • The following spring, when he went abroad, Mrs. Memorall offered him letters to everybody, from the Archbishop of Canterbury to Louise Michel.

  • I went abroad for a year or two and when I came back she had disappeared.

  • You know she has lived in Europe almost entirely, and though I used to see her off and on when I went abroad, she was always so engrossed, so preoccupied, that one felt one wasn't wanted.

  • Such a numerous attendance guarded him every day when he went abroad, that the greatest part of the market-place was filled with his train when he entered it.

  • She had heard that Irene was not contented there, and knew that after a time she and the invalid aunt went abroad.

  • He went abroad then, on legal business of importance.

  • The vase was a costly trifle that Erskine had brought her just before he went abroad, and the roses were his special favorites.

  • It was known that Captain Studleigh admired Lady Estelle before he went abroad; it will not seem strange to any one that, having succeeded to the earldom, and finding her still with us, he seeks to marry her.

  • Tell the world openly, as you please, that you were married before you went abroad, and lost your wife.

  • So it was all settled; and I, taking my terrible secret with me, went abroad.

  • My lord said to my lady, when he went abroad, Tak care o fause Lamkin, for he sleeps in the wood.

  • My lady said to my lord, when he went abroad, .

  • Lord Montgomery said to his lady, when he went abroad, Take care of Bold Lambkin, for he is in the wood.

  • The first time I went abroad was in 1860.

  • There had been several attempts to make a change in this matter, always unsuccessful, until I went abroad in 1892.

  • He went abroad to purchase books for his house.

  • You were eight years old when I went abroad," began Petrovitsch, "and therefore know nothing about me.

  • Before I went abroad I heard great stories of your life at the Court, and of the very marked preference which he showed to yourself.

  • Then he went abroad, and since he came back four years ago and reopened the Court, he has written to nobody, and nobody has seen him.

  • The 30th was my well day, of course, and I went abroad with my gun, but did not care to travel too far.

  • He said, that it was very proper for him to make some dispositions of his affairs before he went abroad.

  • She should hardly be able to excuse her, she said, if the serious hint he had given about settling his affairs before he went abroad, had not weight with her.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being pressed; early time; iron wire; must indeed; private library; prove the; same thing; went about; went across; went afterwards; went again; went aloft; went around; went away; went below; went first; went forth; went home; went immediately; went into; went north; went over; went round; went then; went through; went upstairs