Example sentences of "gone [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formerly landlord of the eponymous Comedian pub at Sunniside , the ever-buoyant Bob has gone downhill to Crook . |
| 2 | Charlotte had gone on to university ; Luke was now at sixth-form college . |
| 3 | He had decided it was not a subject for honest men , and had gone on to history , where he had developed a real interest in local history and a talent for getting old working-class men and women talking about the customs and social conditions of their childhood . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , many people who might otherwise have gone on to Government employment schemes have been deterred from doing so because of the difficulty in finding jobs as a result of going on those schemes . |
| 5 | And er gone on to diesel . |
| 6 | Quite a few have gone on to postgraduate teacher training to teach in the secondary sector . |
| 7 | I think the the key point about patriotism is one reason why perhaps people in , in Britain and so on should n't be patriotic too , but if you see the rather cynical attitude of the Western countries towards recent events , not just in Russia but right across the Eastern block , very good example was condemned , erm but when , following the massacres erm , the West has gone on to sort of do deals with the winners and cultivate links er with the people responsible for that massacre , the killing of the Soviet Union went the other way and consequently erm that 's where you know Western resources are directed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If she could only keep the secret a week or two more it might be possible , after her uncle had gone away to sea , to persuade her Aunt Ann to let them marry . |
| 10 | A copy of the booklet has been sent to Dave Hewis , and he 's gone away to pore over the Definitive Map for his area — we 'll let you know how he gets on . |
| 11 | America had been amazed for some months by stories of U.S. prisoners of war in Korea who had ‘ gone over to Communism ’ . |
| 12 | I expect he will have gone home to bed . ’ |
| 13 | She 's gone home to bed , he growled in her ear : my mother says I 'm to see you back . |
| 14 | Stefan was in the front booking office ; not really his job but the front of house manager had given up and gone home to bed . |
| 15 | Carole 's gone home to mother . ’ |
| 16 | Nina Rozanov , tired , had gone off to bed . |
| 17 | The next morning , after Master had gone off to school for the day , Sergeant decided to pay a visit to Riverbank to see his new friend Anabelle Hedgehog . |
| 18 | They have all gone off to work or to look for work , leaving behind the old , the disabled , the women and the children . |
| 19 | Perhaps she would learn a little more from them when Harry had gone off to sea again , an event she had learnt , over the years , to look forward to . |
| 20 | She did n't like it when Dot slipped in unseen and with Mr Brown gone off to college , she had n't so many people who would listen to her . |
| 21 | Saying that it had gone straight to court , it was in court , you know , |
| 22 | Flora had gone straight to bed and though Richard had stayed up for supper , he had been too worn out to eat much . |
| 23 | Pickerage had gone straight to bed when he got back , and that day , Monday , had been something less than his dottily exuberant self . |
| 24 | Perhaps he had gone straight to bed . |
| 25 | He has been born into this world and gone straight to hell . |
| 26 | From there , no doubt , he 'd gone straight to Hell ; but there were times when he and his wicked mistresses were still to be seen walking here , their shades drawn back from Hellfire to visit the scene of their sins . |
| 27 | He says he should have gone straight to prison . |
| 28 | and gone straight to aerobics for six o'clock |
| 29 | Afterwards , when the boys had gone up to bed , he told Josh that Mabel 's death was an act of retribution on the part of Almighty God . ’ |
| 30 | Last night , after her parents had gone up to bed , and Aubrey very tactfully made himself scarce , I had a chance to ask her . |