Example sentences of "[pers pn] went [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went to a cattle market in |
| 2 | I went to the bookies to put a bet on it , only to find out that the odds had shortened to 14–1 . |
| 3 | Hence when I went to the Lords in 1965 I sat as a cross-bencher , although periodically , according to my attitude at the time , I was supporting one or other of the two parties and rarely took a cross-bench approach . |
| 4 | I worked for a month then I went to the dyers and cleaners and I came home to Ipswich in the , on the Easter time and I started work as a turnboy on the dredger at Ipswich at thirty five shillings a week for fi sixty six and a half hours a week , starting from Monday morning at six o'clock to six o'clock Monday night . |
| 5 | 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 . " |
| 6 | I went to the woods because I wanted to deliberat I , I not |
| 7 | Then I went to the Ladies and drank half a pint of water in little trickles in my cupped hands . |
| 8 | I went to the Championships press conference . |
| 9 | And I went to the Magistrates and acted and and gave witness on behalf of this old gentleman . |
| 10 | In the autumn of 1959 I was eleven , and I went to the girls ' grammar school down the road . |
| 11 | I went to the doctors today . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | I went to the doctors to get what was it ? |
| 14 | Oh I went to the doctors last night cos I had that check up did n't I ? |
| 15 | I went to the agents and it was for two thousand Pounds . |
| 16 | And erm then I went to the woodlands as a forester . |
| 17 | " I went to the careers office — nothing . " |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In a dream I went to the pictures , in Germany I think . |
| 21 | ‘ I told you I went to the pictures , ’ said Patricia into her corn-flakes . |
| 22 | I wondered if they still did it at the pictures , 'cos it 's years since I went to the pictures . |
| 23 | I did n't have any others so I went to the police station in stocking feet . |
| 24 | In the end I went to the police and found that she 'd just reported that he was missing . ’ |
| 25 | I went to the police and made a statement . |
| 26 | After a conversation with two traffic wardens and taking their advice I went to the police station and reported my loss . |
| 27 | Sure I went to the Arts and everything and stuff . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |