Example sentences of "[pron] went [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dorothy waited patiently and had her moment of triumph when someone went into the back of his car at a traffic light — clearly his fault for not getting a move on quicker . |
| 2 | I went about the camp like a man reprieved while on his way to the chaplain and the hangman . |
| 3 | ‘ I went off the idea , ’ I said . |
| 4 | I went across the course to the stands side to see the horses in the paddock , and then I went up to the very comfy Tribune des Dames , for which the French Racing Authorities so generously send me a badge each year . |
| 5 | He was there when I went across the yard yesterday . |
| 6 | I went across the clattering , windy linkage space between the dining and dome cars and stood outside the toilet room . |
| 7 | So I went across the street , phoned Peter and said , ‘ Okay , if you still want me , I 'll join . ’ |
| 8 | I went to the looking-glass and surveyed myself . |
| 9 | I went to the school in Edinburgh where Miss Jean Brodie had her prime ! |
| 10 | I went to the school on Street . |
| 11 | Yes , my schooling I went to the School in nineteen seventeen in the middle of the First World War . |
| 12 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 13 | The next day I went to the State Bank , and there I was told , ‘ That 's fine , only we ca n't give the money to the person here . |
| 14 | In the end we won because I went to the state property register to get her details . |
| 15 | ‘ I went to the Chief to report it . ’ |
| 16 | Before walking to Miss Havisham 's , I went to the hotel for breakfast . |
| 17 | I went to the King 's Carol Service . " |
| 18 | I went to the Hall and the old man paid out . |
| 19 | I went to the bookies to put a bet on it , only to find out that the odds had shortened to 14–1 . |
| 20 | ‘ I went to the vicar of St Mary Le Bow to arrange Sir Thomas 's funeral . ’ |
| 21 | I went to the tip yesterday |
| 22 | He went to church and I went to the Chapel , you see . |
| 23 | I went to the recruitin' office in a right old temper and I joined up there and then . |
| 24 | ‘ I went to the surgery first , and they told me you 'd taken responsibility for the two of them . |
| 25 | I have to say that I know for definite that the force at that time only possessed two shields , er we kept one shield in the South of the county at and one shield North of the county and and hence that is why I went to the headquarters in the morning . |
| 26 | Oh yeah , yes , when I went , when I went to a , when I was in India I went to have a , cos I went , I went , I was in the singles section then , in Colchester , and I went out , and I went , not I went to a licence agent first , and then I went to the headquarters , Signals there , and the bloke I remembered best of all , I think , was oh Cakey , his name was and his initials were Cakey . |
| 27 | Ooh then I went to the B and Q to see if I could get a blind to match , but I spent , so I |
| 28 | I went to the university on the Plaza de Anaya and climbed the familiar stairway in the Palacio de Anaya . |
| 29 | I went to the University Library , and found a book called ‘ Christian Words ’ . |
| 30 | And so , before Reldresal came to tell me of my punishment , I went to the north of Lilliput , where our ships lay . |