Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] go [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day I came here I 'd gone down to Age Concern — I used to go there for meetings and bingo — and I told them I was n't stopping because I 'd no money . |
| 2 | It did n't bear thinking of , but I thought of nothing else as I prepared to go down to breakfast . |
| 3 | After the discovery of the antique shop window , I started going out at night and looking for other window displays . |
| 4 | After the discovery of the antique shop window , I started going out at night and looking for other window displays . |
| 5 | Well now , at the end of that six months I 'd had varied success , sometimes I had poor periods when I was n't detecting much , then I would have a little break , do better , but at the end of the six months nobody told me whether I was stopping there , but twenty years later I did go back to uniform as an inspector . |
| 6 | By the time I got into position , my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again . |
| 7 | No , I 've had , no I 've go , I had to go over to shit ! |
| 8 | I had to go out to work . |
| 9 | But because of the recession , my husband and I could n't afford to pay our mortgage , so I had to go back to work and I do n't enjoy it at all . |
| 10 | I had n't time , I had to go back to university . |
| 11 | All of which brought home the final lesson I had to go back to school to learn . |
| 12 | I knew I had to go back to hospital but I just had time to see my mother and sister off and to help my father close up grandmother 's house and to see uncle Henry take her off to the station , with destination Somerset . |
| 13 | A bit of placenta stayed in the womb and when this was discovered I had to go back to hospital for a D & C. From then on my periods became a nightmare . |
| 14 | It 's a bit like that with me , except that instead of going into the technological future I had to go back in time . |
| 15 | In fact it was a kettle which had gone out of production eight years ago . |
| 16 | ‘ I told her you 'd gone out to dinner with Ricky . |
| 17 | ‘ I came last night , but they told me that you 'd gone out to dinner with friends . |
| 18 | That he 'd noticed she 'd got a decent figure was to be expected , she supposed , seeing that the lace cotton blouse and culottes she had worn that time she 'd gone out to dinner with Travis had touched her contours comfortably . |
| 19 | She decided to go back to work — but first wanted to catch up on the qualifications she 'd missed out on . |
| 20 | She had worn it twice , once when she had gone out for dinner with her father and Leo and on the night of Sylvie 's return from Italy . |
| 21 | She had gone about in awe of these adults , to whom she must-not chatter , before whom she must be silent and polite and smiling . |
| 22 | And John Kelly , who had to go off with hamstring trouble , is also out of tonight 's match . |
| 23 | Brian Guthrie interviewed Mary , Mavin Shulver ( who had gone along for support ) and some Class members , and the Broadcast went out over the air on the following Saturday . |
| 24 | She continued to go out to dinner with academics , to receive the hard-drinking architect . |
| 25 | Freeman withdrew the clause , wrote another one which meant that you had to go back to stage one again . |
| 26 | She wanted to go back to bed to hug inside herself lovely warm memories of last night , of the fantastic Miguelito 's gentle voice and wisdom , his unforgettable kisses , and his strong dependability . |
| 27 | Obviously if you did a course in engineering or modern languages and you are going for a job where these skills are required it should not be difficult to explain that this is what positively interests you and you chose the subject because you wanted to go on to employment in the same field . |
| 28 | I met , now my husband , and although we liked to go out to dinner together , I still did n't put on any weight . |
| 29 | Yuletide and Twelfth Night passed with only the occasional carols in church , for no one dared to go out at night . |
| 30 | ‘ We had to go on to plastic teaspoons because the metal ones disappeared . ’ |