Example sentences of "went to the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not always go on sporting activities , we also went to the theatre to see , ‘ A Midsummer Nights Dream , ’ by William Shakespeare . |
| 2 | After a day or two , the owner became irked , and went to the airport to inspect his plane . |
| 3 | He rowed him back however and the convict went to the door to beg for money . |
| 4 | She slipped on a robe and went to the door to wave goodbye to him . |
| 5 | Athelstan gestured towards an earthenware jug and watched with delight as Cranston took a great gulp then , his face puce as a plum , went to the door to spit it out . |
| 6 | Quigley went to the door to check there was no one around , then , unable to stop himself , ran back to me and twisted my ear hard . |
| 7 | Chris Morrison , prosecuting , said Raper went to the pub to find out why he had been barred . |
| 8 | Portugal 's transport minister Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral and health minister Arlindo Carvalho went to the scene to supervise rescue operations and set up an inquiry . |
| 9 | She took part in a number of land occupations and later went to the capital to work for FECCAS there . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Something cropped up , something urgent , and Matthew went to the yard to speak to his uncle about it , but he was n't there — no sign of him . ’ |
| 13 | So I went to the mainland to report it , and we have been in touch with the lawyers , the gunsmiths , and the salerooms . |
| 14 | A little later ‘ David ’ went to the telephone to call the airport . |
| 15 | With that the man dashed out of the room and Mrs Wormwood , sighing deeply , went to the telephone to call the beauty parlour . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , she went to the factory to make buttons , but they did n't give her enough money . |
| 17 | Lorton showed them out and went to the kitchen to pour himself a drink . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Giles went to the kitchen to make coffee , refusing offers of help — ‘ I should get in a fuss and make a fool of myself if watched . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | After he had gone , Cassie went to the kitchen to run cold water over her arm and to bathe her cheek . |
| 22 | Curtsying , Theda left the little parlour with alacrity , and went to the kitchen to find Adam Diggory and retrieve Hector from him . |
| 23 | And went to the kitchen to tell Auntie Lou . |
| 24 | He got up and went to the bathroom to wash his face . |
| 25 | She stumped out and went to the bathroom to cry , holding Mo tight against her until he squeaked . |
| 26 | They often went to the park to sit by that lake . ’ |
| 27 | So he walked in the opposite direction , and he went to the park to get away from the people he might know . |
| 28 | Last night it cried like a little child , and I got out of bed and went to the window to listen . |
| 29 | She put her needle and thread neatly away in her sewing box , brushed stray cotton threads from her skirt and went to the window to draw the curtains , before preparing supper . |
| 30 | Jack dabbed at his chin again and went to the window to watch for Charlie . |