Example sentences of "they [vb past] go [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ One of them asked to go to the lavatory .
2 And then about erm from about an hour , about half an hour later after we 'd sat down we 're just laughing our heads off because the gi , they 'd gone down the pub and we said no , we 'll have a quiet night in .
3 The roadshow now belongs to the mythology of the miners , the leadership had made the effort , they 'd gone on the road , and they 'd been rewarded by a clutch of standing ovations .
4 When that did n't work out he went to Mal at Monad where they 'd gone for the villanelle .
5 They 'd gone to the loo together by the time I joined Bunny .
6 Kate said they 'd gone to the army display and mentioned the rations that were taken on Antarctic expeditions .
7 They 'd gone to the barn with David Harper , Daniel Winter and Wisdom Smith after an evening at the pub .
8 ‘ We could see what looked like a range of hills from our window but they 'd gone by the morning — nothing left but huge ripples as if a great tide had come up and washed them away .
9 Peter Rainford was unpleasantly attentive but his wife was quite happy with Felipe , and Maggie 's heart sank as they arranged to go round the Alhambra with them the next day .
10 When they escaped with these younger , more eligible men , they loved to go to the bistros and discover French food .
11 And it was on that basis that they decided to go to the point near Sand Hutton where provision has now been made for them .
12 At least if they kept going towards the sunset they were going away from the Ridgery and would arrive somewhere .
13 A great talk show guest , she 's a regular on David Letterman 's show , which is where she and Madonna started those rumours by announcing that when they went out together , they liked to go to the Cubbyhole , a tiny lesbian bar in downtown Manhattan .
14 He had counted six in the place where they had gone to the pub .
15 recognised that the situation might well have been different if , instead of the defendants simply threatening to ‘ black ’ the broadcast they had gone to the B.B.C. and said ‘ We wish it to be established as part of our conditions of employment that we are not required to work on broadcasts to South Africa . ’
16 They had gone to the park .
17 Last night they had gone to the film Genevieve .
18 The movies succeeded because they had gone to the people and had seemingly bypassed every obstacle .
19 Newman guessed they had gone to the security vault behind the counter .
20 They had gone to the hospital by the Underground .
21 Girls who are very aware of parental disapproval may not feel able to take this step and also not want to run the risk of parents somehow finding out that they had gone to the doctor or the clinic .
22 They were never sold , though the lawyers thought they had gone with the others .
23 Since coming back to London on his £10 a week contract he had teamed up again with Stanley Baker and they had gone on the rampage .
24 The young policeman from Bromley reported that he had seen a young couple whose description matched the wanted pair and they had gone towards the pier .
25 Wonderfully neat in their red and black practice clothes , they had gone through the rigours of a simplified ballet barre ( with varying degrees of stoicism ) , a mime sequence ( much enthusiasm ) and foot-stretching exercises ( giggles and pretend moans ) .
26 After they had gone through the ordeal of giving evidence , their father , who was found guilty of eight serious charges with nine being left on the file , was put on probation and allocated to a hostel not two miles from where his last victim lives and where he can be seen by the family as they pass through the town centre .
27 They had gone through the buildings when they had searched the area previously but on that occasion , as Owen reminded himself crossly , he had been summoned away in the middle by that foolish District Chief and sent on that wild goose chase down to the river .
28 Within minutes they had gone into the kitchen , donned overalls and caps and joined the tall girl at the counter who was coping with an admiring queue .
29 Brixton finished the season undefeated , though they had gone into the match knowing that defeat would give Britannia the title on sets won .
30 Well they , they had gone into the production of er steel er turning er in such a way that er they looked for the best possible tools er in order , one , that they could produce the item more cheaply as far as the employing class is concerned , they want to produce it as cheap as they can and probably sell it the dearest .
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