Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] went [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is not your business ! ’ she shouted and went upstairs to dress for the evening . |
| 2 | Then , I got sentenced and went upstate to do my time . |
| 3 | Glasgow gangster Frank Murphy changed his name to Frank Earn and went on to win the Scottish Welterweight Boxing Championship , but he was the exception . |
| 4 | We obeyed and went in to sit in a sombre half-circle round the fire . |
| 5 | From the free-kick Dumbarton equalised and went on to win with a John McQuade goal . |
| 6 | I put him back in his stable again , complete with an enormous amount of bandaging and went home to wait for my vet to phone with the results of the x-rays . |
| 7 | Two cyclists eventually stopped and went off to raise the alarm . |
| 8 | Athelstan sighed and went round to unlock the church . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Michael Banks grinned and went across to have a word with Lesley-Jane . |
| 11 | First , in his evidence he referred to a better solution as being quotes , seeks a small residential setting with some other people , unquote and went on to refer to the possibility of the plaintiff entering one of the Cheshire Homes . |
| 12 | So she held her tongue as he alighted and went round to open the passenger door , offering her his hand . |
| 13 | I refuelled and re-armed and went back to keep an eye on Thacker who was about three miles out in the channel . |
| 14 | I decided it was something I 'd eaten and went back to sleep . ’ |
| 15 | But then when I left library I just got fed up and I went and went down to help Sue did n't I ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A German captain , interviewed off Larak Island by a Times correspondent , acknowledged the risks involved but went on to point out that ‘ the money is good and the contract is only six months ’ . |
| 18 | When she finished selling the remaining tickets Sally looked around for them , realised what had happened and went back to sit on one of the hard upright chairs which lined the hall . |
| 19 | But , hearing nothing more , she decided that she must have been mistaken and went back to sleep . |
| 20 | In the House of Commons he responded to Tony Benn 's comment that ‘ despair and a sense of social injustice have often lain at the roots of civil disturbance ’ , by suggesting that Mr Benn was selective about which laws people ought to obey and went on to provide another explanation : |
| 21 | He bent over , kissed the least precipitous bit of her chin that he could find and went downstairs to find his daughter . |