Example sentences of "went to washington " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I was told to accompany David on the Express if I could get a visa and off I went to Washington DC to apply for one and they told me absolutely not — I could n't have one — go away . |
| 2 | In 1945 he went to Washington as a member of the British Joint Services Mission . |
| 3 | He draws people on buses and planes , and drew members of the Senate when he went to Washington ; he paints whenever he can . |
| 4 | Australian scientists went to Washington DC last week bearing an analysis of several dozen leaves and pebbles supposedly contaminated with ‘ yellow rain ’ during a chemical attack somewhere in Laos or Kampuchea . |
| 5 | ‘ I went to Washington with only the clothes on my back . ’ |
| 6 | We went to Washington to talk to the IRS and said , ‘ Look , honest donors want a reputable place to get appraisals and we think dealers are best qualified to provide it ’ . |
| 7 | In May 1972 , Nixon visited Russia and in June 1973 the Russian President Brezhnev went to Washington . |
| 8 | King Hassan went to Washington on a state visit , when it was expected that he would discuss the question of a revised voting list for the Western Sahara . |
| 9 | In late 1990 and early 1991 the Gulf crisis was one of the chief concerns of the government 's foreign policy ; it featured in particular in the routine summit between González and President Mitterrand of France , held in Paris on Nov. 13 , and in the March 1991 tour undertaken by Foreign Minister , Fernández Ordóñez , who went to Washington to meet the US Secretary of State , James Baker , and then to Egypt and Israel , where he met both government and Palestinian representatives . |