Example sentences of "[noun] go to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Buck goes to a diner , he sits at a table opposite a creepy woman with a nervous tic who keeps running a grey rubber mouse over her face . |
| 2 | PRIDE of place in Robert Maxwell 's study goes to a photo of him with President George Bush . |
| 3 | Was it safe for Her Majesty to go to a land which was virtually Communist controlled ? |
| 4 | but er , under the nineteen forty four Act , Rentham Senior School then became Rentham Modern School and we thought we thought that the silly term to go to a school which in nineteen twenty six had been er |
| 5 | Buskers played in the streets ; hawkers shouted their wares ; women met and gossiped ; kids played , as I had done when younger ; and of course nothing could , or would stop Glaswegians going to a match on Saturdays , especially to a game between the ‘ old firms ’ — Rangers and Celtic — either at Hampden Park or Parkhead . |
| 6 | At Caen Musgrave went to a regatta , where seven thousand spectators lined the dockside . |
| 7 | Mrs Goodhaven went to a committee meeting , then home in time to be there when you telephoned . |
| 8 | But then she and husband Dave Flame went to a country and western night in cowboy outfits just for fun — and she shot herself in the leg . |
| 9 | Strangely , these scenes do not name the church as you might think ; that honour goes to a fresco by an unknown sixteenth-century artist , the Madonna of the Passion , in the fifth chapel on the right . |
| 10 | Pride of place at the new gallery goes to a tapestry woven by Macintyre residents at Great Holm in Milton Keynes . |
| 11 | Her voice blew away the cobwebs and I put on something respectable to cross the road ; she sounded like a child going to a party . |
| 12 | Karen went to a wedding and er somebody 's wedding and she still has a dress . |
| 13 | Shortly afterwards Jane went to a friend 's house in Kensington to a musical party where a famous quartet was playing and , sitting on the stairs , talked to someone whom she took to be one of the players . |
| 14 | Proceeds went to a campaign against the annual slaughter of 900 million migrating birds around the Mediterranean . |
| 15 | Nearby pride of place goes to a clump of mullein . |
| 16 | But pride of place goes to a display which won a silver gilt at last year 's Chelsea Flower Show . |
| 17 | And the nearest place to go to a skip then is in Queensferry . |
| 18 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
| 19 | It is not uncommon for Bills of great public importance to go to a committee of the whole House . |
| 20 | If there is any question of unfair dismissal , those concerned always have the right to go to a tribunal , if they are protected in the way that the hon. Gentleman described . |
| 21 | This explains , for example , how , faced with the sentence " Babar the King of the elephants went to a restaurant " ( p. 52 ) , we project our experience of real human beings onto the fictional character , and infer that the reason for Babar 's action must be the aim to satisfy his desire for food . |
| 22 | The coin was meant to be worth a pound , but for all normal purposes the value of a pound was twenty silver shillings each weighing one-fifth of an ounce , and the golden guinea went to a premium above this . |
| 23 | It is no use giving subjects such as " Pixies on a toadstool " because the child must needs go to a picture book for this . |
| 24 | Cameron went to a lot of receptions , private views , book launches , first night parties , movie premières and testimonials . |
| 25 | ( The top prize in this group went to a writer who also started his career in these pages , Duncan Campbell , who now regales readers of another weekly with stories of government intrigue that clearly appeal to competition judges more than do articles on technology . ) |
| 26 | I can tell you , a great many ghosts go to a lot of trouble , and do n't get any thanks for it . |
| 27 | A motion to allow the nomination to go to a vote of the full Senate was defeated by a tied vote of seven to seven . |
| 28 | Nina Miklin will be well known to many club members but anyone who has not been able to attend one of her talks will be pleased to hear they now have a chance to go to a choice of two workshops . |
| 29 | some local authorities have institutionalised unlawful practices such as having a second internal review before the case has a chance to go to a Review Board ; |
| 30 | Mrs Bradford went to a drawer and brought out a small inlaid box . |