Example sentences of "[conj] went [adv prt] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was quite coincidental that June , by her search for a new life in California , drew him towards what would be the hub of the rest of his life and it was touch and go whether he stayed or went back to Neptune .
2 As Table 3.5 shows , the proportion of West Indian children that passed one or more A levels was at least six times lower than that of other children , while the proportion that went on to university was three times lower .
3 Not as I remember no funnily enough but they used to have people who , who went out to work at different airports after the planes had gone out they used to have gangs that went out to Perton and er we used to draw equipment from er the maintenance un RAF maintenance unit at Stafford things used to come from there .
4 Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House .
5 We refuelled and went on to Shaibah and spent the night .
6 He was a King 's scholar at Eton College ( 1866–71 ) and went on to King 's College , Cambridge , where he was a Browne 's medallist ( Greek epigrams ) in 1874 and gained a first in the classical tripos in 1875 .
7 Is he aware that , in the case of telecoms , the price control formula started at retail prices index minus 3 and went on to RPI minus 4.5 and only recently has been increased to RPI minus 6.25 ?
8 And tt Jan was er was er wondering during last year and went on to hormone replacement therapy because she was and the doctor was a bit concerned about possible osteoporosis which is erm brittle bone
9 He attended Winchester College , and went on to St John 's College , Oxford .
10 By contrast , Jack Nicklaus made an eagle three and went on to birdie the next two holes , turning around a deficit of four shots to win the tournament .
11 Encouraged by local school teachers who recognised his outstanding intellect , he resumed his education at Ayr Academy and went on to Glasgow University , where he graduated M.A. with first class honours in classics and won a gold medal for Greek .
12 The afternoon ending , we took Fiona home and went on to Shellerton House where Perkin came through for drinks , Tremayne went out to see the horses and Gareth returned from a football match .
13 Joanne trained with Hastings Borough Council and New Forest District Council , and went on to Basingstoke as a solicitor .
14 Nabiyev completed a two-day visit to Iran on June 30 and went on to Pakistan , returning to Tajikistan on July 4 .
15 Capriati , the seventh seed , put her lenses in just five minutes before the start and went on to Madison Square Garden 's blue carpet to beat Sukova 7–6 , 6–1 to reach the quarter-finals .
16 Bowyer received his BA at Oxford in 1579 , and went on to Clifford 's Inn , and in 1580 to the Middle Temple .
17 I had just passed my RAF selection and went up to Soho with a couple of mates to celebrate .
18 Then she turned , was shrouded in darkness , and went up to bed .
19 Bernard in a state of disgust , left the proceedings early and went up to bed .
20 Carey left his room and went up to Ellwood 's .
21 I got back to Ingard House a bit after four o'clock , and went up to rooms 207–8 , the offices allotted to us for the purposes of our audit .
22 Then all of a sudden he left and went up to San Carlos and joined the reservation police as if to become Apache again ( Here they called him Tres Hombres , which I will try to tell you about later . )
23 He left school before the last lesson at three , went into town for pie and chips , got stocked up with coke and doughnuts for supper and went up to Firelight 's field .
24 Prices for Koons 's work start at $65,000 ( and went up to $250,000 at the Banality show ) , but there are plenty of takers .
25 After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief .
26 At noon , Florrie could n't wait any longer and went round to Josh 's house to find out what had happened to Ebenezer .
27 I do n't know how Ian Cromb got it , but he got this great big blimmin' pipe and went along to Dad and said ‘ How about a fill , Dad ? ’ .
28 Only I went to Donald Stewart 's smithy and Mary was there , chatting to her mother , so by the time I had fixed things up with Donald and went along to Grandtully to explain the plan to Alex , Mary had already gone back and told him .
29 Today he trudged up to his cubbyhole of a room , showered in the communal bathroom , and went along to tea at four-thirty .
30 She had a private word with Iain in the after cabin , then put her anorak on over her dress and went off to bed , escorted by Captain Freddie .
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