Example sentences of "[pron] went [adv prt] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't remember I think it was Louise who br I went up to talk to her , and the question was , which of follow which of the following is not a swimming stroke and you have butterfly , breast stroke , bird crawl . |
| 2 | So er I thought a alright then , so I I went off like and I just heard erm and said , I went up to see her mother like and , I told her mother about it , like and that and erm her mother says different now , that she came round to see me at the time to tell , to give me a telling off like over her friend . |
| 3 | And Pete … well , I went up to change , and you know … |
| 4 | When I went up to investigate it the floor caved in beneath me and I fell into the middle of all those nasty plants . ’ |
| 5 | When you and I went up to look after them ? |
| 6 | Granpa told me to ‘ shhh ’ and did n't smile again until I went up to get the arithmetic prize , a box of coloured crayons that were damned-all use to anyone . |
| 7 | When I went up to check on him a few minutes ago , his bed was empty and cold ; it had n't been slept in . |
| 8 | So I went back , dressed , and off I went , called the and I went up to try and beat it off . |
| 9 | I went round to see Scotty Moore in Nashville . |
| 10 | It must have been about the fourth or fifth time I went round to see him . |
| 11 | ‘ There was a young man round at Mr Taczek 's flat when I went round to see him . ’ |
| 12 | We went in the Gra Grand just done the lounge at the Grand and when we had our first car and I went round to see mother and I said come on , we 'll go up to the , take you up to the Grand and have a drink . |
| 13 | that 's not bad and I went round to see Helen to see if she wanted this one for baby Anna but she said this one there is another one in there , erm |
| 14 | So what I did , I went round to tell the guy , John he was the sales guy at the local Vo , Audi-Volkswagen place , and I said , John , I want to buy Barbara a car . |
| 15 | I went over to see , and a girl from the shop pointed eagerly towards a stone wall and a tree in which two boys were climbing . |
| 16 | I left it a while but they did n't break up , so I went over to see what was going on . |
| 17 | ‘ I went over to see them in a tea dance one Friday and they said it was like they were being auditioned . |
| 18 | Feeling curious , I went over to say hello . |
| 19 | ‘ When Terry was coaching Barcelona and I went over to visit him , he asked me to bring a few pounds of good old English pork sausages because he was missing his bangers and mash for tea , ’ he explained . |
| 20 | I went over to comfort her but she shooed me away . |
| 21 | I went over to have a look , but found the jungle impenetrable . |
| 22 | Noticing a tiny oratory-style church standing alone in a muddy field , I went over to have a look , leaving Gerry in the car . |
| 23 | I went over to look at it more carefully , and stopped in sudden surprise . |
| 24 | I went over to look and knew it was a lap dog . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The other day Thomas and I went over to look at the foundations of the first villa which your men have started to build , ’ she remarked , as they drank their coffee . |
| 26 | So I went over to knock on the door . |
| 27 | I went on to join the Kent team and later the National Display Team . |
| 28 | I went on to say that local authority support for public libraries which simply put books with a homosexual theme on to their shelves would not constitute promotion of homosexuality . |
| 29 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 30 | Er , I went on to say throughout the ages the government has repealed legislation , there 's nothing new about repealing legislation it is repealed either because it is proved unworkable or because it 's simply outlived its shelf life . |