Example sentences of "[coord] went [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was to be expected that this sight should arouse some curiosity , and after putting their heads together the women put down their bowls and kettles and went over to ask the painter who was coming to live there . |
| 2 | Without thinking , I got up and went over to see if I could lend a hand . |
| 3 | Then she replaced it and went over to see to Mrs Mitchell who lay on the top of the bed dressed only in a calico nightgown groaning as she writhed about . |
| 4 | Brown stood up and went over to see how the antique dealer was feeling . |
| 5 | William got up from his chair at the workbench and went over to open up with a puzzled frown . |
| 6 | Wilson 's relieving kick was charged down by Graeme Copeland who gathered and went over to touch down mid-way out for Cullen to add the points . |
| 7 | They continued their bloodthirsty chatter , as they identified the weak and the injured and went over to negotiate a purchase price . |
| 8 | And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da ! |
| 9 | She looked away from him , and went over to straighten a picture on the wall . |
| 10 | And then she turned away , and went over to check on the stove . |
| 11 | ‘ Um , ’ I think I replied and went away to think about it , read about it , talk to people about it , and with people who were doing it . |
| 12 | The heir tossed the creature in a well and went away to fight in the Holy Land . |
| 13 | When the military rising began in July 1936 , he joined the CNT militia and went away to fight . |
| 14 | Then , I got sentenced and went upstate to do my time . |
| 15 | When Iarrived home that night I fell into bed and went straight to sleep . |
| 16 | John Rennie , on two , then survived a sharp chance to Hutton at gully and went on to lead the recovery with a hard-hitting 84 . |
| 17 | Partial calm was restored when the prisoners were released during the afternoon , but representatives of the Majlis continued to demand that those responsible for the attack be found and punished , and went on to declare a general mobilization of Crimean Tatars . |
| 18 | He had cut his teeth on Shakespeare with Ben Greet in 1931 and went on to enlarge his Shakespearian repertoire throughout the rest of his life . |
| 19 | Four secondees were still struggling to settle-in some six months after their appointment , but most secondees adjusted within three months and went on to enjoy the scope to shape their jobs , to use their expertise and to become part of a team . |
| 20 | One of his best friends at both Hollin and Moorclose high schools was Dave Fielding , who later played in a band with Gedge and went on to form the Chameleons . |
| 21 | Renbourn emerged from the British folk scene in the sixties and went on to form the acclaimed acoustic group Pentangle , and also released a number of albums with Stefan Grossman following the demise of the band . |
| 22 | The main political event of the year to June 1991 was the general election in March , in which the opposition KESK gained the largest number of seats ( 55 out of 200 ) and went on to form the first Finnish government in 25 years which did not include a left-wing party . |
| 23 | I can drive a tractor , ’ he said , and went on to speculate at length on the possibilities of the English dole . |
| 24 | Then the young man said , ‘ It depends what you mean by bereavements ’ , and went on to describe his conflict about a woman with whom he was in love but not yet ready to marry . |
| 25 | Interestingly , the teachers who did not use The Machine Gunners said things like , ‘ I like other books more ’ ( for example Conrad 's War and The Ghost of Thomas Kempe ) and went on to describe very positive pupil responses to these alternative titles . |
| 26 | His first memorandum began by indicting the government 's supposedly annexationist motives for going to war and went on to inveigh against the economic and cultural backwardness which the conflict had brought to light . |
| 27 | It was a long document ( as one speaker remarked , there was a danger it would grow so long that no one would read it ) , but after only two days of discussion the fathers voted overwhelmingly to accept the draft as the basis for the final document and went on to debate it section by section . |
| 28 | Nkrumah also made an African tour , in which he built up his relationship with president Nasser , and went on to visit Nehru in India . |
| 29 | Raúl Castro , having worked closely with PSP members at the university during 1952 , attended the Communist-sponsored Fourth World Youth Congress in Vienna in February 1953 and went on to visit Bucharest , Budapest and Prague . |
| 30 | But more and more intellectuals seemed prepared to take this risk and went on to talk of Chaplin 's techniques , his ‘ dolefulness ’ , his sense of rhythm , and his mastery of myth and fancy . |