Example sentences of "[noun pl] went [adv prt] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his eyes went back to the Workshops and he frowned and sought for the right thing to say . |
| 2 | The four sets of parents went in to the Panel separately , although they were to be treated as one case . |
| 3 | On Thursday night — late night shopping — Nails went down to the supermarket in his anorak with the big pockets and lifted six electric plugs , four pairs of scissors and a pair of pillowcases which he sold to a friend of his father 's for three pounds . |
| 4 | With Sophie back behind much stronger bars , the intrepid PCs went back to the school yesterday to claim their reward chocolate coins . |
| 5 | She called them girls but many were women whose working days went back to the Utility dresses and khaki battle-dress . |
| 6 | After the first round 8 teams went through to the final comprising 5 AIB Bank teams from Bank Place Ennis , Nenagh , Bindon St. , Ennis , 63 O'Connell St. , Limerick and Charlesville , B/I 94 O'Connell St. , Limerick and Ulster Bank O'Connell St. Limerick . |
| 7 | The two rabbits went up to the board at a hopping run and crouched in a patch of nettles on the far side , wrinkling their noses at the smell of a dead cigarette-end somewhere in the grass . |
| 8 | The pegs went up to the level of the bottom of the big dome . |
| 9 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 10 | Mr Scott 's removal from office was demanded by one shareholder who said that he was at the helm when the company 's finances went in to the red . |
| 11 | The two girls went down to the village that morning to secure a piece of board and some paint . |
| 12 | Immediately after the Last Supper , Jesus and his disciples went out to the Mount of Olives . |
| 13 | He bared her breasts ; put his tongue to them as his hands went down to the belt of her skirt , to find that she 'd changed for the trip , and was wearing jeans . |
| 14 | The children went back to the rocks and the two men never referred to them again . |
| 15 | The three children went down to the station at the right time , dressed in their best clothes , and the Station Master came to meet them . |
| 16 | Police went on to the site in the centre of Oxford at around 2.30 , 70 officers in all , in riot gear , backed up by helicopter , sniffer dogs and the marine section . |
| 17 | Last year the police went back to the Baroness 's former home to look in vain for hidden gold bars . |
| 18 | The Parrishes went on to the Palais de Justice to meet the woman examining magistrate who is in charge of the murder investigation . |
| 19 | Trent 's thoughts went back to the photograph he had found on Don Roberto 's piano . |
| 20 | As the ages passed , a few land mammals , the distant ancestors of today 's whales and dolphins went back to the sea , and gradually changed shape as they adapted to an underwater environment . |
| 21 | Even more drastic intervention was to take place in China ; its roots went back to the control of the Chinese government 's revenue by foreign supervision of the Customs from 1858 onwards . |