Example sentences of "[verb] gone [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She looked at Edward and said casually , ‘ Joanna has gone to see a sow at Mr Jarvis 's farm . |
2 | Phone calls for Head who has gone to visit a school where one of our pupils now attends full time . |
3 | G. S. Staines , of Darlington , was highly commended for ‘ No , I 'm not going just yet ; I 'm still waiting for my wife who has gone to collect a prescription . ’ |
4 | Jacques has gone to call an ambulance . ’ |
5 | All his food has gone to nourish the lady , and to placate the woman , so that she would stay here and nurse her. , |
6 | Jim has gone to meet a friend of his who is supposed to be coming from Liverpool . |
7 | Making out they 'd gone to see the daffodils . |
8 | In discussion , he said he 'd been here once before , and he 'd gone to visit the government . |
9 | She 'd gone to get the food . |
10 | If we knew she 'd gone to climb the Himalayas , we would n't care . |
11 | I 'd have gone to take a look from beneath . |
12 | If only Oliver had not fallen over on the path he would not have gone to spend the night with Marjorie and Mr Sargent . |
13 | The kidnapped officials had gone to negotiate the release of hostages captured in July , including deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Kavsadze [ see p. 39019 ] . |
14 | Shortly before the battle of Evesham , Prince Edward surprised Simon Junior 's knights asleep in Kenilworth town , where the castle garrison had gone to use the baths . |
15 | She had gone to join the queue inside the ladies . |
16 | A jemmy might suggest the murderer had gone to burgle the premises . |
17 | Of the total number of 317 inmates , 21O had gone to watch a film in another part of the prison . |
18 | On Saturday afternoon , most of the men had gone to watch the City at home , most of the women had taken to the washing machine . |
19 | Rosemarie had gone to see the film with her mum and dad — and let them know straight away that she was n't impressed with its factual accuracy . |
20 | Most of the family were present when Anne asked her mother if she could have her dress altered , and after she had gone to see the Misses Dolan Tony said , ‘ I think it 's a shame Anne ca n't go out and enjoy herself . |
21 | After his evening rounds Dr Laurent had gone to see the result . |
22 | Dolly 's limbs lay strewn about the carpet but Dolly 's assailant had gone to take a nap and slept . |
23 | But if the Milettis had scored a point with their choice of driver , Zen felt that he got one back when Ivy named their destination : the bar , identified by Lucaroni , where Ubaldo Valesio had gone to receive the phone calls from the gang , situated in a village about ten kilometres from Perugia . |
24 | I had gone to visit the RSPB 's osprey reserve at Loch Garten , and had been struck by the symbolism of that site , where the birds flew free and the humans were , in effect , in a cage . |
25 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |
26 | On Saturday May 18th she had gone to spend the weekend with an unnamed boy friend in Brighton , but had not returned to the clinic . |
27 | Seb also managed to stutter his thanks to Christian before following Carrie to the kitchen where she had gone to put the kettle on the hob to make coffee for everyone . |
28 | Susan , still in bed , had no idea that she had gone to fetch a doctor , but her arm was so painful that she raised no objections . |
29 | The others had gone already — had gone to fetch the boy and plant the explosives . |
30 | The A/G radio operator was not in the control room ; he had gone to change the signals square to reflect the change from left-to right-hand circuits . |