Example sentences of "went [prep] [noun] to [noun sg] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sort of interviewing could well be characteristic of a community survey where the researcher went from person to person linking up kinship networks , occupational groups , recreational groups , religious bodies , and so on . |
| 2 | The angel , disguised as an old man , went from door to door begging for food and drink . |
| 3 | I went from group to group apologizing , and then telephoned up to the lady 's room . |
| 4 | The Sheikha , her veils over her mask , went from room to room injecting order into confusion . |
| 5 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind MelquÃades ' magical irons . |
| 6 | They went from house to house checking all night long . |