Example sentences of "and went [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I donned a tie and went to call on the manager of the Sudan Air office in the guise of an Important Person . |
2 | Jean left home at 16 and went to live with a friend . |
3 | so the engagement was broken off and then after that she sort of she went to live in a flat , she left home and went to live in a flat and she 's been up and down |
4 | After two years of this , Miss D'Armande remembered , Miss Ray suddenly left the theatre and went to live in the country . |
5 | Her mother divorced Ipuky and went to live in the north of the country with one older son . |
6 | ‘ So I got Laura Parslow to help me , and went to live in the East End , and the only work I could find , being such a fine lady and quite untrained , was as a maid-of-all-work , a skivvy , which I was by day , and wrote my column at night , when my work was over . ’ |
7 | In May 1987 the debtor , who had carried on the business of running a nursing home , sold the business as a going concern and went to live in the Canary Islands . |
8 | The girl 's father could make no further objection , so the two of them were married directly , and went to live in the forest . |
9 | They escaped from the toy shop , and went to live in the market building , in the middle of the square . |
10 | Athelstan felt angry and went to kneel before the statue of the Virgin , praying for Meg and the evil bastard who had sent her soul unshriven out into the darkness . |
11 | They left the hospital and went to wait for the bus . |
12 | Anna Harland left the prison and went to talk to the police . |
13 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
14 | Then , remembering herself , she slipped off her dress and went to lie on the bed . |
15 | ‘ If you would but use her , ’ said David , and turned his back and went to stare from the window at the frosty strand and the shifting , misty sea . |
16 | Panna 's mother , fearing the consequences , left the village with the baby and went to stay with a cousin fifty kilometres away . |
17 | So I left , and went to stay at a friend 's . |
18 | He pushed back his chair , and went to change into the evening clothes that Chambers had laid out for him . |
19 | As the eldest son , Father shortened his education — or had it shortened for him — and went to help in the family business . |
20 | Luke pushed back his chair impatiently and went to stand at the window , looking down , his back towards her . |
21 | Adam climbed in and went to stand in the prow , eyes fixed once more on the island . |
22 | She stepped into the room and went to stand by the armchair where he had so carelessly thrown his coat . |
23 | Instead she got up and went to look at the Labrador . |
24 | The whole train stopped while he jumped down from the dome car and went to look at the laggard . |
25 | The stricken suitor followed the tradition laid down in these matters and went to look for a fight . |
26 | He switched off the little girl on Terry Wogan and went to look for the Sturgeon . |
27 | She sprang to her feet and went to look in the mirror in the hall . |
28 | The aunt noticed , and went to look in the shed again . |
29 | Garvey stopped the pageant and went to peer through the grille . |