Example sentences of "[pers pn] go [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As for the golf course , I had no idea how hilly Augusta National was until I went to The Masters , and there must be millions of people who still do n't know . " |
| 32 | I went to the woods because I wanted to deliberat I , I not |
| 33 | Then I went to the Ladies and drank half a pint of water in little trickles in my cupped hands . |
| 34 | I went to the Championships press conference . |
| 35 | And I went to the Magistrates and acted and and gave witness on behalf of this old gentleman . |
| 36 | In the autumn of 1959 I was eleven , and I went to the girls ' grammar school down the road . |
| 37 | I went to the doctors today . |
| 38 | And years ago I used to have sciatica , round the nerve and but it 's only happens when I sit and then the last thing so I went to the doctors the other day and what they do , they see us around bash on , on the knee on the nerve and she said , all my muscles have gone ! |
| 39 | I went to the doctors to get what was it ? |
| 40 | Oh I went to the doctors last night cos I had that check up did n't I ? |
| 41 | I went to the agents and it was for two thousand Pounds . |
| 42 | And erm then I went to the woodlands as a forester . |
| 43 | " I went to the careers office — nothing . " |
| 44 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 45 | I went to the flicks — I wanted to see Some Like It Hot for about the tenth time and it was being revived at Baker Street . |
| 46 | In a dream I went to the pictures , in Germany I think . |
| 47 | ‘ I told you I went to the pictures , ’ said Patricia into her corn-flakes . |
| 48 | I wondered if they still did it at the pictures , 'cos it 's years since I went to the pictures . |
| 49 | I did n't have any others so I went to the police station in stocking feet . |
| 50 | In the end I went to the police and found that she 'd just reported that he was missing . ’ |
| 51 | I went to the police and made a statement . |
| 52 | After a conversation with two traffic wardens and taking their advice I went to the police station and reported my loss . |
| 53 | Sure I went to the Arts and everything and stuff . |
| 54 | When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door . |
| 55 | I was up , and I went to the shops and I came and there 's a wee boy which used to live in the flats , and he says hello Nelly . |
| 56 | First they are used to show a pause , between parts of a sentence , which makes it for example , when you start off with a subordinate clause , after I 'd cashed my Giro comma I went to the shops and bought some food , or , because of the derailment comma all the trains were running late . |
| 57 | I 'll have a look , but I 've had him doing actual words , like first words er , you know erm , Ben and large and in and out and just the , the easy words and Luke and his own name , so he is already got the idea that when you write a letter you ca n't just write any letter , you 've got to make letters say something either as erm , as an alphabet or in the form of words , so of course she says to , would you all like to write me a sentence , well he 's already passed that stage , he thinks himself well I ca n't write a sentence , what he knows as a sentence consists of words that make sense , so they 're all sitting there going a N , N , N , Q , R , S , N , T , T , and they 're saying a sentence like I went to the shops with my nanny , well Alex has already passed that stage , he knows that that is n't sensible , so he must of turned to her and he said , I ca n't write like that , my mummy will shout at me |
| 58 | ‘ It 's about time I went to the dogs again . |
| 59 | ‘ When I went to the opticians to see if my eyesight was good enough for driving she said it was beyond all medical explanation , it had to be a miracle , ’ he said . |
| 60 | did I tell you whe , when I went to the opticians ? |