Example sentences of "[noun] went to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Caen Musgrave went to a regatta , where seven thousand spectators lined the dockside . |
| 2 | Mummy went to a real job |
| 3 | Mrs Goodhaven went to a committee meeting , then home in time to be there when you telephoned . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | At midday Angel went to a public house and brought food and wine back to where Tess was waiting in the woods for him . |
| 7 | Karen went to a wedding and er somebody 's wedding and she still has a dress . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | One summer two boys and a girl went to a foster home to live together . |
| 10 | She had been a teacher , and made sure the girl went to a good school : ‘ my granny had more influence on me education-wise . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Proceeds went to a campaign against the annual slaughter of 900 million migrating birds around the Mediterranean . |
| 13 | This explains , for example , how , faced with the sentence " Babar the King of the elephants went to a restaurant " ( p. 52 ) , we project our experience of real human beings onto the fictional character , and infer that the reason for Babar 's action must be the aim to satisfy his desire for food . |
| 14 | The coin was meant to be worth a pound , but for all normal purposes the value of a pound was twenty silver shillings each weighing one-fifth of an ounce , and the golden guinea went to a premium above this . |
| 15 | It was an evening when I knew Lily went to a weekly patriotic sewing and knitting circle in a near-by parish hall . |
| 16 | Cameron went to a lot of receptions , private views , book launches , first night parties , movie premières and testimonials . |
| 17 | ( The top prize in this group went to a writer who also started his career in these pages , Duncan Campbell , who now regales readers of another weekly with stories of government intrigue that clearly appeal to competition judges more than do articles on technology . ) |
| 18 | MORE THAN 400 job seekers went to a fair yesterday to find out about programmes to help with employment or training . |
| 19 | These happily agreed , provided the stuff went to a safe dump outside either of their countries . |
| 20 | Mrs Bradford went to a drawer and brought out a small inlaid box . |
| 21 | On Tuesday Jessie went to a restaurant , cats do n't sit at tables said Jessie and . |
| 22 | Auntie Lou was going to see her friend yesterday but he would n't let her because once when she went , she and this friend went to a dance with some American soldiers . |
| 23 | In June , Jacqui and Steen went to a party , which was attended by Sally Nash , now on trial at the Old Bailey on charges of controlling prostitutes . |
| 24 | Peter and Phyllis went to a farm to get help . |
| 25 | We both went to state primary schools ; we both passed the 11-plus ; we both had local government scholarships — the hon. Gentleman went to a direct grant school while I went to what was then an independent school . |
| 26 | erm arguing and er they was going on about this because if Mrs went to a farm and then said that she saw some hens there that did n't look particularly fit erm and said they 'd got to be culled and if the farmer thought otherwise then we got into all sorts of tangles because we knew nothing about poultry . |
| 27 | The prize went to a pop singer who had attired himself in tartan trousers , a flower-patterned shirt and a sweater with zig-zag stripes . |
| 28 | Aunt knew her at school ; Aunt went to a posh boarding-school — only for a year or two — and she likes you to know it . |
| 29 | Five years ago 440,000 young people went to a pub once a day ; the number is down by 150,000 . |
| 30 | Well Mike went to a we went to the auction at |