Example sentences of "[pers pn] went to the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 2 | ‘ I went to the Chief to report it . ’ |
| 3 | So I went to the mainland to report it , and we have been in touch with the lawyers , the gunsmiths , and the salerooms . |
| 4 | ‘ When the wall was breached in November 1989 , ’ Pischel says , ‘ I went to the company to say thank you , and asked whether they would take me back . ’ |
| 5 | I went to the window to watch , obscurely thinking something was wrong . |
| 6 | Very disappointed , I went to the Headmistress to ask why I had not been considered suitable . |
| 7 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 8 | I went to the store to check up on some things , and saw that eight Kandinskys which I had bought from the widow of Kandinsky 's secretary were missing . |
| 9 | Every afternoon , after leaving the bank , I went to the hospital to teach him Italian . |
| 10 | ‘ I saw him getting it out when I went to the car to get a book I 'd left there . |
| 11 | His attorney had managed to get him to take them up again and I went to the prison to have the necessary papers signed . |
| 12 | With such significance placed on boat handling and sail trim , I went to the source to ask for personal recommendations from Bob Johnstone for trimming the J/44 . |
| 13 | Can I just say that I , I went to the meeting to do with local planning at Hall |
| 14 | ‘ Well , she went to the factory to make buttons , but they did n't give her enough money . |
| 15 | She went to the kitchen to make coffee , but at that moment her lamp suddenly went out , and she was seized with a dreadful feeling of foreboding . |
| 16 | After she arrived home , she went to the bathroom for a quick wash and then she went to the kitchen to make a sandwich for the next morning at the factory . |
| 17 | Then she went to the prison to see Sarah . |
| 18 | After breakfast she went to the office to continue with the clerical work , but , before making a start , she tried to phone her aunt . |
| 19 | Knowing my shortcomings , Mum had taken charge of making curtains for George 's house and a week before the wedding she went to the market to find some fabric for the last pair . |
| 20 | Getting up she went to the cabinet to replenish their glasses and found that the Bell 's bottle was nearly empty . |
| 21 | When she went to the house to have a bath she used the back staircase , and walked through the garden afterwards with dripping hair . |
| 22 | We went to the government to mark 430 acres of prime property . |
| 23 | After the dentist we went to the station to get the tube back to the house , and Marie said ‘ Let's get some photos for your swimming pass ’ . |
| 24 | Then we went to the cookhouse to have dinner . |
| 25 | On the day I got out they picked us up in a taxi at the prison and then we went to the hospital to pick him up . |
| 26 | It also included statements by the Palm Beach police detailing how they were misled when they went to the estate to speak with Senator Kennedy and Smith on March 31 . |
| 27 | In January 1969 , O'Neill took the only course left open to him : he went to the country to seek a mandate for his policies . |
| 28 | Soon after his appointment he went to the north to meet representatives of the non-Burman races , and in effect asked them to state their own terms for participation in a Union of Burma . |
| 29 | So he walked in the opposite direction , and he went to the park to get away from the people he might know . |
| 30 | Stories vary widely , some say he took off his apron and laid down his knife before he went to the Bank to tackle the Manager . |