Example sentences of "gone [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gone to see a girl somewhere . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's gone to see a friend . ’ |
| 3 | She looked at Edward and said casually , ‘ Joanna has gone to see a sow at Mr Jarvis 's farm . |
| 4 | Jim has gone to meet a friend of his who is supposed to be coming from Liverpool . |
| 5 | Out from them conquerors in their turn have gone to found a legend like the Welsh Madoc , an empire like the men of Devon . |
| 6 | She had gone to find a place where she might age more rapidly . |
| 7 | Phone calls for Head who has gone to visit a school where one of our pupils now attends full time . |
| 8 | On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos . |
| 9 | Susan , still in bed , had no idea that she had gone to fetch a doctor , but her arm was so painful that she raised no objections . |
| 10 | He was too far gone to give a damn about anything . |
| 11 | Of the total number of 317 inmates , 21O had gone to watch a film in another part of the prison . |
| 12 | Daddy 's gone to have a shower . |
| 13 | Amanda had started massaging his shoulders ; he 'd closed his eyes and imagined a hot sun and someone rubbing oil on his back , and then she 'd slipped off the bed and had gone to have a bath with the other complimentary packet of foam . |
| 14 | okay just the coffee that 's lovely she 's just gone to get a book for some homework . |
| 15 | Guy had gone to get a paper , and some fresh croissants from a nearby bakery . |
| 16 | The 28-year-old man , who is not being named by police , had gone to assist a neighbour in Caithness Row who had disturbed three youths trying to enter the premises . |
| 17 | I 'd have gone to take a look from beneath . |
| 18 | Dolly 's limbs lay strewn about the carpet but Dolly 's assailant had gone to take a nap and slept . |
| 19 | G. S. Staines , of Darlington , was highly commended for ‘ No , I 'm not going just yet ; I 'm still waiting for my wife who has gone to collect a prescription . ’ |
| 20 | but er , I do n't I , I obviously gone have a way of doing this , but erm , it 's difficult , if you , if you 're at the bottom of the |