Example sentences of "[adv] went [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only went upstairs to get sort of washed and dressed , after the weekend , you have nobody around and er , oh eh , it started bleeding . |
| 2 | I only went once to visit the Greens and then I was collecting money for the Missionary Fund to which most people contributed a copper or two , with young Mrs Thwaites from the neighbouring farm to us , High Birk Hatt . |
| 3 | He said they only went out to get something to eat . |
| 4 | ‘ We only went there to see what British Waterways were doing , ’ said Ian . |
| 5 | ‘ Thought its bum was out the window so went outside to have a look . ’ |
| 6 | After a quick glance I was delighted to see that my arm was still there , so went off to sleep again , feeling very cheerful about the whole thing . |
| 7 | So saying , she bustled Theda back behind the curtain , bidding her change quickly that they might visit a milliner , and prudently went away to confer with Antoinette . |
| 8 | Thus Boyd Tonkin in the New Statesman & Society , who nevertheless went on to decide : ‘ Alas , I think we must . ’ |
| 9 | The Public Enemy had been a Warner Bros film and that studio soon went on to consolidate its reputation as one specializing in contemporary themes by releasing I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang . |
| 10 | The meeting was mostly a ‘ Fun out of doors ’ one , so Jill soon went off to search the wood to complete her collection of ferns . |
| 11 | There was a powerful stench of urine also , as if he no longer went outside to perform his natural functions . |
| 12 | Gloucester thereupon went off to capture Berwick-upon-Tweed and , after thirteen changes of ownership over the centuries , made it once and for all English . |
| 13 | Best went on to list conceptual and logistical barriers to achieving a merger . |
| 14 | so Malcolm just went in to see if there 'd be any tickets for the afternoon performance on the off-chance and they were putting on an extra matinee performance so lo and behold those two went to see Phantom of the Opera . |
| 15 | Because of this I decided it was n't worth going back to school so I just went in to tell everyone and collect some books . |
| 16 | Clayson avoids sycophancy , recounting , for instance , the time when George reacted to news of Brian Jones ' death with the comment , ‘ I do n't think Brian had enough love or understanding ’ , and the fact he ‘ just went back to sleep actually ’ when he heard the same new about John Lennon . |
| 17 | Clayson avoids sycophancy , recounting , for instance , the time when George reacted to news of Brian Jones ' death with the comment , ‘ I do n't think Brian had enough love or understanding ’ , and the fact he ‘ just went back to sleep actually ’ when he heard the same new about John Lennon . |
| 18 | As well as the joking , we just went out to enjoy the practice . |
| 19 | When the war ended the OSS was busted up : they hung on to a few units — there was a whole alphabet soup of SI , SSU , X-2 , CIG , for a time — but most of us just went home to build a brave new world with law books and Shakespeare . |
| 20 | Thomas More went on to become Lord Chancellor of England and was executed for opposing the marriage of King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn . |
| 21 | From that small coterie of fine talented actors half dozen or more went out to make names for themselves using the experience gained during those early days in Vancouver 's CBC . |
| 22 | The two Frenchwomen greeted one another with affectionate kisses and Madame Gebrec promptly went off to organise the lunch , leaving her two visitors to chat . |
| 23 | Jean-Claude , exhausted by the long ride from Paris and a late night of in-toxication , moaned something unintelligible as I got out of bed , rolled over and promptly went back to sleep . |
| 24 | The House of Lords held that this was manslaughter if there was an obvious and serious risk of causing physical injury to some other person , and D had either failed to give any thought to this risk or , having recognised the risk , nonetheless went on to take it . |
| 25 | He loyally went on to call Mr Kinnock happy , open , generous , and possessed of a thing you might not suspect , timing … |
| 26 | He still went on to do an enormous lob over Coton 's head , and what seemed like half an hour later the ball sneaked itself over the line . |
| 27 | In this year 's Scottish National , Run For Free was left 30 lengths behind but still went on to win . ’ |
| 28 | Having declared the new music to be — incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics ' , Nietzsche at once went on to sum up the task he saw before him : " the thing above all is to get beyond Lessing 's Laocoon " . |
| 29 | Dr Neil , with many a joke , helped them , made change , and once went out to return with lemonade and glasses for all the ladies who were so busy manning the stalls , Mr Sands helping him — the rector being a vague benevolent figure who came in and blinked at them all , said , ‘ I am sure , ladies , that you will all gain treasure in heaven for your noble work here today , ’ and went out again . |
| 30 | and I once went in to collect some and erm , I think it was Mrs said oh good have you come to take them away or something like that cos there was , there were n't many left in the school so I |