Example sentences of "he go [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He went over to the chest , rummaging through it until he found a large white sweatshirt . |
| 32 | He went over to the pony lines and dismounted , clutching his back . |
| 33 | He went over to the kettle and filled it . |
| 34 | He went over to the corner by the fireplace and took the rope in his hand . |
| 35 | He went over to the spot where Allen had hidden , ‘ … and then moved from tree to tree until he reached the path about twenty paces ahead . |
| 36 | He went over to the sink and began washing his hands . |
| 37 | Then he went round to the back and told the Brownie Guider who was sitting on a bench inside with the Brownies . |
| 38 | He sounded irritable , and whenever the bus stopped ( which it did frequently ) he went round to the front to talk to his mate . |
| 39 | He went round to the stage door afterwards and asked the man on duty to send up his name . |
| 40 | So he went round to the pool and noticed , at first , how the neat tables were littered with old newspapers and the ashtrays loaded with cigar ends . |
| 41 | He went round to the Observer where his girlfriend Stephanie Thompson worked and told her what had happened . |
| 42 | At one meeting a chairman blithely told me as he went on to the platform that they would have the National Anthem at the end , changing his mind without consulting me first . |
| 43 | He went on to the barn , where the farm workers had already finished eating and started dancing . |
| 44 | I think he went on to the parapet and the tocsin was sounded to make him run . |
| 45 | Having left the house of the famous Bess of Hardwick , he went on to the care of yet another Bess . |
| 46 | ‘ So you and he went up to the villa ? |
| 47 | I had it in big letters — ‘ Father ’ Arrien ( the father in inverted commas ! ) will preach on the blasphemy of the Roman Mass on such and such an evening — and the priest of the town , he went up to the council and objected to this and said that Wylie 's a trouble maker . |
| 48 | While he went up to the bar to order , Ellie settled back in her seat , and , with a rather sad light in her eyes , watched him . |
| 49 | Remember when he went up to the aeroplane , Jim only hate to haul him away and slap him once and he learned , he did n't go near an aeroplane any more |
| 50 | He went up to the driver of the van and asked him his business . |
| 51 | He went up to the Palestinian and shot him at close range , the army said . |
| 52 | Ben Sira praised the fathers of old and described the High Priest Simon son of Jochanan in his majestic appearance when he went up to the altar ( 50.11 ) . |
| 53 | I thought he was wandering off , but he went up to the counter and asked for a coffee . |
| 54 | He went up to the office , he said , ‘ I 've — ’ , he said , ‘ I 've seen the devil in Turnbull 's yard . ’ |
| 55 | Faces turned , bodies gave way a little , and he went up to the Cross and took the crumpled sheet . |
| 56 | DOWN 1 Do one in for equal wages ( 6 ) 2 Sprint up with lace undone in typical family ( 7 ) 3 Request he received from the British Empire ? ( 5 ) 4 Concentrating so in form for plans ( 10 ) 5 Queen that is raised for the country ( 4 ) 6 Peg holds this original drier ( 4–5 ) 7 Solvent with less substance ? ( 7 ) 8 Relative amount needed to be filthy , he said ( 6 ) 13 High fashion involving exercise with English lords ( 3,7 ) 15 Common sense about riot disorder and love of ill fame ( 9 ) 17 He went up to the city which went with the flow ( 7 ) 18 Fail to keep appointment with his comedy ? ( 5–2 ) 19 Prevents injection of energy for champion of prevention ( 6 ) 20 Keep alien in bad weather ( 6 ) 23 Make ten to five when you do it ( 5 ) 24 Strike one for chastity which he went Up the second time |
| 57 | Then , when she turned the corner , he went out to the hall and picked up the phone . |
| 58 | Tessa had subdued the two boys , Bob discovered with relief and admiration when he went out to the living-room . |
| 59 | Your father did not work — he went out to the town every night with his friends , and drank . |
| 60 | He went out to the lean-to make it . |