Example sentences of "[noun] go to a " in BNC.
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1 | When Buck goes to a diner , he sits at a table opposite a creepy woman with a nervous tic who keeps running a grey rubber mouse over her face . |
2 | PRIDE of place in Robert Maxwell 's study goes to a photo of him with President George Bush . |
3 | Was it safe for Her Majesty to go to a land which was virtually Communist controlled ? |
4 | but er , under the nineteen forty four Act , Rentham Senior School then became Rentham Modern School and we thought we thought that the silly term to go to a school which in nineteen twenty six had been er |
5 | ‘ It 's tough on a horse going to a new home , especially a stallion ’ , his new owner said . |
6 | Buskers played in the streets ; hawkers shouted their wares ; women met and gossiped ; kids played , as I had done when younger ; and of course nothing could , or would stop Glaswegians going to a match on Saturdays , especially to a game between the ‘ old firms ’ — Rangers and Celtic — either at Hampden Park or Parkhead . |
7 | At Caen Musgrave went to a regatta , where seven thousand spectators lined the dockside . |
8 | Mummy went to a real job |
9 | Mrs Goodhaven went to a committee meeting , then home in time to be there when you telephoned . |
10 | But then she and husband Dave Flame went to a country and western night in cowboy outfits just for fun — and she shot herself in the leg . |
11 | In the remaining seats , the candidates who got more than an eighth of the total vote go to a second ballot . |
12 | Strangely , these scenes do not name the church as you might think ; that honour goes to a fresco by an unknown sixteenth-century artist , the Madonna of the Passion , in the fifth chapel on the right . |
13 | Pride of place at the new gallery goes to a tapestry woven by Macintyre residents at Great Holm in Milton Keynes . |
14 | Her voice blew away the cobwebs and I put on something respectable to cross the road ; she sounded like a child going to a party . |
15 | In 1983 , when the South Wales Branch voted to strike on the issue of closure , the Yorkshire Area Council voted by 73 to 27 in favour of a strike in support , in line with the 1981 agreement , but the issue went to a national ballot for a strike , which was once again lost . |
16 | At midday Angel went to a public house and brought food and wine back to where Tess was waiting in the woods for him . |
17 | Karen went to a wedding and er somebody 's wedding and she still has a dress . |
18 | In one case , the MoD expressed a desire that the airframe in question go to a good home . |
19 | Shortly afterwards Jane went to a friend 's house in Kensington to a musical party where a famous quartet was playing and , sitting on the stairs , talked to someone whom she took to be one of the players . |
20 | One summer two boys and a girl went to a foster home to live together . |
21 | She had been a teacher , and made sure the girl went to a good school : ‘ my granny had more influence on me education-wise . |
22 | Determined to achieve his ambition of a modern building on the site , the developer went to a second architect , James Stirling , for a new design . |
23 | From what I have seen of Kelly , he has promise , but only 20% of his passes , clearances , crosses go to a Leeds player . |
24 | Proceeds went to a campaign against the annual slaughter of 900 million migrating birds around the Mediterranean . |
25 | In the first round of voting 19 of the 28 seats were decided , with the remainder going to a second round ; 82 per cent of the 8,592-strong electorate went to the polls ( most of Andorra 's population of 60,000 being foreigners and not entitled to vote ) . |
26 | Nearby pride of place goes to a clump of mullein . |
27 | But pride of place goes to a display which won a silver gilt at last year 's Chelsea Flower Show . |
28 | When a team goes to a new area to start a new church , the fact is that they may fail , and the temptation is to fear that if they fail they will lose face . |
29 | And the nearest place to go to a skip then is in Queensferry . |
30 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |