Example sentences of "[verb] go to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He was given a scan at the hospital 's radiology department and once his treatment was finished he asked to go to the toilet .
2 ‘ First he asked to go to the toilet .
3 Mr Waite , who was freed last November after five years in Lebanon , says on the ABC programme 20/20 : ‘ One day I asked to go to the bathroom .
4 It was noticeable that Celia no longer asked to go to the sea although , by that time , the weather had changed .
5 ‘ One of them asked to go to the lavatory .
6 For lunch I intend to go to the Strawberry Duck pub , Entwhistle , Saturday afternoon is free for shopping in Manchester 's Arndale Centre or whatever and for the evening meal the plan is to go to the new Indian take-away which has opened near Castle Irwell — the ‘ Tandoori Cottage ’ .
7 Do you want to go to the Moon , too ? ’
8 Well they do n't want to go to the sea , erm
9 I did want to go to the boutique .
10 That 's why I did n't want to go to the edge because I wanted to try and do my own .
11 She did not want to go to the beach because the beach meant the bikini , and spending all afternoon sucking in her gut and wondering why her skin went straight from fishbelly white to lobster red while all the other kids had golden tans .
12 My Better Half 's always maintained , and I agree with him , if they do n't want to go to the Church then we wo n't force them .
13 I do n't want to go to the story as to why the labour party opposed the er th the entry to the city of Marks and Spencer but it 's an interest .
14 ‘ You 'd have to signal in advance which issues you regarded as a matter of confidence — for instance , the Tories might have a crack at coal privatisation but might not want to go to the country on it if they failed . ’
15 This usually takes the form of a burning pain when you pass water and the feeling you want to go to the toilet more often than usual .
16 This usually takes the form of a burning pain when you pass water and the feeling you want to go to the toilet more often than usual .
17 ‘ Does anyone else want to go to the toilet ? ’
18 He 'll want to go to the toilet when you start blowing the candles out little horror
19 Fiona returned , pulling on a fluffy white wrap over her red silk dress , saying she really did n't want to go to the dinner and being persuaded again by her husband .
20 Right , do you want to go to the garden centre at Mottingham ?
21 We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make .
22 You do n't want to go to the party crying , do you ? ’ …
23 ‘ If you do n't want to go to the exhibition — say so . ’
24 KENNETH CLARK SAID at the time of World War Two , ‘ The average artist will want to go to the Front not simply out of curiosity or bravado , but because he may there discover some of that emotional stimulus on a grand scale which is inevitably lacking from his everyday life . ’
25 KENNETH CLARK SAID at the time of World War Two , ‘ The average artist will want to go to the Front not simply out of curiosity or bravado , but because he may there discover some of that emotional stimulus on a grand scale which is inevitably lacking from his everyday life . ’
26 If you do n't want to go to the expense of buying them , check out the travel section at your local library .
27 If you do n't want to go to the expense and trouble of covering your walls with natural fabrics like hessian , grasscloth , or cork , there 's a lot of imitations available .
28 I think it 'll be a waste , and I do n't want to go to the expense of
29 Since he wanted to delay the ceremony , but did n't want to go to the trouble of desecrating any graves , he only had one option .
30 I do n't want to go to the bank but what I want to do is to go to erm
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