Example sentences of "had [adv] gone to the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Shelley had already gone to the patient and was holding the swollen ankle . |
2 | In God 's purposes Jesus had already gone to the cross , he was alre , hi his , his natural fate if you like , was already sealed , he had come for this purpose , he had come to die . |
3 | She was certain MacQuillan had not gone to the bar because she had been there all the time until then . |
4 | Billy was fairly sure that Harriet had not gone to the river simply to get a drink and that a stronger instinct was governing her behaviour . |
5 | Mr Abramson , of Shirley Road , Allerton , said last night : ‘ I had just gone to the off-licence to help my daughter Trudie while her husband went for his tea . |
6 | A third man man , Daniel Winter , had also gone to the barn . |
7 | After she had told him , they had n't gone to the pictures for a month , so that he could see her home . |
8 | She could n't remember seeing such a cheerful crowd queuing for the cinema , and she took pleasure in their high spirits ; but she was glad that she had n't gone to the pictures . |
9 | He had even gone to the Wimbledon police , but they had not seemed very interested . |
10 | It was odd enough to see that rather feminine room crammed full with so many stern , dark-jacketed gentlemen , sometimes sitting three or four abreast upon a sofa ; but such was the determination on the part of some persons to maintain the appearance that this was nothing more than a social event that they had actually gone to the lengths of having journals and newspapers open on their knees . |
11 | ‘ And , ’ he pursued pleasantly , ‘ I certainly had n't guessed that you had actually gone to the trouble of speculating on my reactions — to illness or to anything else , ’ he added quietly . |
12 | First blood ( metaphorically ) had certainly gone to the Arran faction . |