Example sentences of "[pron] went [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you understand that someone went to a deal of trouble to sharpen it , well in advance , and so must have planned the murder . |
| 2 | Someone went to a car-rental firm in North Oxford in the early afternoon and hired a Vauxhall Cavalier . |
| 3 | He explained everything to me and I went across a big courtyard , through a door into a large hall , then up some stairs and along a landing turning left towards an outside terrace down to the lawns at the rear of the Palace . |
| 4 | I went to a shop that sold organic food and bought everything . ’ |
| 5 | I went to a lecture on hermaphroditism . |
| 6 | I went to a Young Pioneer dance in Moscow … . ’ |
| 7 | I went to a special sports school — not Leipzig , ’ she added hastily , to a nod from Erika who knew very well what Leipzig meant in the athletic world of the G.D.R. , the absolute , superlative top — ‘ but I was a second rater there . |
| 8 | In fact , I went to a couple of record companies and said , ‘ This is me and David Bowie ’ . |
| 9 | I went to a Waffle House diner and bought a newspaper and ordered some breakfast . |
| 10 | On one occasion I went to a hospital in south London to what the police reckoned would be a very rough demonstration . |
| 11 | I learned that when I went to a conference at Sheffield . |
| 12 | ‘ I went to a funeral today , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I went to a group called ‘ Overeaters Anonymous ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I went to a couple of big pension experts , local advisers , company reps and one of the top four banks to ask what I should do , ’ says Alan . |
| 15 | I went to a meeting and they asked if I would try to get them contacts from the West , ’ said Mrs Charlton . |
| 16 | I went to a state school — |
| 17 | Before the legalities had been completed , early in 1973 , I went to a local youth club to show slides of my work as a missionary . |
| 18 | As the reader will have realised , I went to a Woodard School — Denstone in Staffordshire — where the chapel was the hub of our existence . |
| 19 | I went to a small dressmaker in Lillie road with some material brought from Newfoundland on one of the brief dockings . |
| 20 | Until recently when I went to a conference on security in libraries and other collections I had not the slightest knowledge of the seamy side of that world or any idea that it had one . |
| 21 | At the age of three or four I went to a nursery school which was about three or four doors away from our house . |
| 22 | So I went to a designer , Denise Vaughan of Deni Vee , and she made me a couple of suits which really pleased me and I believed that I was on to something . |
| 23 | ‘ I went to a tavern in Inverkeithing where I was joined by one of the King 's squires . ’ |
| 24 | I went to a party with Georgia . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But this first guitar was just a $20 acoustic , and as soon as I could I bought an Ibanez SG , then that was stolen and I went to a Les Paul . |
| 26 | I went to a local DIY store and picked out a can of own-brand paint which stated it was for exterior decoration . |
| 27 | I went to a clairvoyant once , when I was young and needed to be told , by anybody , who I was and where I was heading . |
| 28 | ‘ I went to a lot of trouble , ’ Flora said , aggrieved . |
| 29 | I went to a protest meeting at the Albert Hall . |
| 30 | I was only there for about three months and then I went to a modelling school . |