Example sentences of "[verb] gone [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All his food has gone to nourish the lady , and to placate the woman , so that she would stay here and nurse her. , |
| 2 | Making out they 'd gone to see the daffodils . |
| 3 | In discussion , he said he 'd been here once before , and he 'd gone to visit the government . |
| 4 | She 'd gone to get the food . |
| 5 | If we knew she 'd gone to climb the Himalayas , we would n't care . |
| 6 | If only Oliver had not fallen over on the path he would not have gone to spend the night with Marjorie and Mr Sargent . |
| 7 | The kidnapped officials had gone to negotiate the release of hostages captured in July , including deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Kavsadze [ see p. 39019 ] . |
| 8 | Shortly before the battle of Evesham , Prince Edward surprised Simon Junior 's knights asleep in Kenilworth town , where the castle garrison had gone to use the baths . |
| 9 | She had gone to join the queue inside the ladies . |
| 10 | A jemmy might suggest the murderer had gone to burgle the premises . |
| 11 | On Saturday afternoon , most of the men had gone to watch the City at home , most of the women had taken to the washing machine . |
| 12 | After his evening rounds Dr Laurent had gone to see the result . |
| 13 | Most of the family were present when Anne asked her mother if she could have her dress altered , and after she had gone to see the Misses Dolan Tony said , ‘ I think it 's a shame Anne ca n't go out and enjoy herself . |
| 14 | Rosemarie had gone to see the film with her mum and dad — and let them know straight away that she was n't impressed with its factual accuracy . |
| 15 | But if the Milettis had scored a point with their choice of driver , Zen felt that he got one back when Ivy named their destination : the bar , identified by Lucaroni , where Ubaldo Valesio had gone to receive the phone calls from the gang , situated in a village about ten kilometres from Perugia . |
| 16 | I had gone to visit the RSPB 's osprey reserve at Loch Garten , and had been struck by the symbolism of that site , where the birds flew free and the humans were , in effect , in a cage . |
| 17 | Swarf had gone to finish the murderous task his brother had failed to accomplish . |
| 18 | On Saturday May 18th she had gone to spend the weekend with an unnamed boy friend in Brighton , but had not returned to the clinic . |
| 19 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
| 20 | Seb also managed to stutter his thanks to Christian before following Carrie to the kitchen where she had gone to put the kettle on the hob to make coffee for everyone . |
| 21 | The others had gone already — had gone to fetch the boy and plant the explosives . |
| 22 | The A/G radio operator was not in the control room ; he had gone to change the signals square to reflect the change from left-to right-hand circuits . |
| 23 | Our friends , who had gone to investigate the river , quickly decided that the call of the Kinloch Rannoch Hotel was far stronger than the call of April fishing . |
| 24 | Paterson told police that on the night of the fire he and Bailey had gone to investigate the broken window incase there were intruders in the hangar . |
| 25 | ‘ You should empty the teapot over the old horror 's head , ’ suggested Lili when our hostess had gone to replenish the jug of milk . |
| 26 | His Mum had gone to switch the television on . |
| 27 | I was sitting in a friend 's garden where I had gone to seek the Lord , and as I was reading the words of Jesus I knew , with a peace and a joy which passed understanding , the call of God . |
| 28 | She heard her grandmother informing her that out there , in that Mongolian vastness , was ‘ The Dragon 's Tomb ’ where her own great-grandfather had gone to find the dinosaur eggs . |
| 29 | He died 26 December 1238 in Andover , where he had gone to assist the cause of a papal clerk . |
| 30 | Indeed , Eoin O'Duffy , who led an Irish contingent to Spain to help Franco , maintained that they had gone to fight the battle of Christianity against Communism , a view which was confirmed for them by the Irish Dominican father , Revd Paul O' Sullivan when he said : |