Example sentences of "gone [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may have discovered a nest of young rabbits , a delicacy indeed in her terms , had a very good meal and then gone off to sleep within the rabbit 's nest . |
| 2 | The poodle people said you 'd thrown everything up and gone off to live in a shack in the country … |
| 3 | ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour . |
| 4 | Since the advent of Felicity , she had gone up to sleep in the attic — an arrangement she preferred , as she had absolute privacy up there , and as luck would have it , there was an electric fire , so that she could use it as a study . |
| 5 | One woman described how she had gone back to work after the death of her husband , determined to be brave . |
| 6 | The boys had gone out to play on the forestry tracks with their new bikes on what had proved a bright but cold day ; Mary had got three hours ' sleep before they came back , noisily demanding to be fed . |
| 7 | 2 You are selling cars ; you have gone out to look at a customer 's part exchange . |