Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] go to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can honestly say that the most painful bit of going to the blood donors is the next day when you come to rip the sticky plaster off your arm ( even more so if you 've got as much hair as Arthur Upton ! ) so , if you 've never been — give it a go . |
| 2 | I Pressed home the usual arguments about duty and not fighting the war for the privilege of going to the cinema . |
| 3 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 4 | The legal model has one further method by which it attempts to balance the desirability of going to the managers of the company substantial discretionary power so that they have sufficient flexibility to act effectively , whilst at the same time minimizing the danger that the existence of such discretion creates , which is that it will be used arbitrarily . |
| 5 | They have a very fiercely competitive system , and some people say that you have to start preparing for this at nursery school erm and it 's a question of going to the right schools , going to the right training colleges , though it 's not so much a question of going to university , although you do have to have a university degree in most cases , but they have special training establishments with a tough competition to get into it , and as a result of this the people who come out are very highly selected , and think of themselves as being very professional , very competent , they have a great deal more self confidence , in some ways , than our British civil servants do . |
| 6 | Norman , however , recollects that at first Minton did not take it very seriously ; but one evening , when the two men had arranged to meet in a pub before going to the opera , Norman arrived late , having spent the afternoon with Henrietta , and realised on seeing Minton that he had begun to feel left out . |
| 7 | Mr Grant said Cornthwaite had been to a pub before going to the party with his girlfriend . |
| 8 | Concern was also expressed about smoke from the barbecue interfering with other sporting fixtures , and it was agreed that plans for the proposed verandah should be viewed by the parish council before going to the district . |
| 9 | But Fate took a hand , as it has a habit of doing , and the first person I encountered in the hut was Barbara , who was putting the final touches to her make-up before going to the dance herself . |
| 10 | However , his attentions had been rather nice , she admitted to herself while taking extra care with her make-up before going to the dining-room . |
| 11 | It was a bit like going to the Rijksmuseum to see the original Rembrandts and being shown postcards instead . |
| 12 | ‘ Buying travel is a bit like going to the hairdresser , ’ says manager Christine Power . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's a bit like going to the lavatory ! ’ said Henry . |
| 14 | It comes as no surprise to find a tabloid newspaper defining women by reference to their sexual behaviour and presenting sex as a sort of urgent male need , a bit like going to the toilet . |
| 15 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 16 | Erm and so it was sort of going to the corner shop and buying what they could , er when they had the money , and sometimes they would borrow money from somebody whose benefit came on a different day . |
| 17 | As for that business of going to the police , I am sorry I mentioned it . |
| 18 | All visitors to Oslo should see the Viking ships at least and Arctic travellers should make a point of going to the Fram museum , which pays homage to one of the most remarkable men and expeditions in the history of polar exploration . |
| 19 | For example , although they might see the same people every night in the pub , that was not a planned attempt to see those people but an unplanned consequence of going to the pub . |
| 20 | Anyway , there was little point in going to the office on a Saturday . |
| 21 | Midge was persuaded that there was no point in going to the airport to meet them . |
| 22 | He says that there 's no point in going to the DSS , they 'll just laught . |
| 23 | He checked her face for sincerity before going to the other room , returning with a photograph in a fancy tin frame . |
| 24 | If the hon. Gentleman would do me the service of going to the Library and reading the judgments , he would find that in the earlier proceedings , neither the Home Office nor my hon. Friend were held in contempt for the actions that were taken on 1 and 2 May . |
| 25 | If you ever get the chance of going to the catacombs in Rome you will see on the walls a very popular image of the cross shaped as an anchor . |
| 26 | ‘ A draw would keep us in with an outside chance of going to the States . |
| 27 | Dr Owen said the Welsh Office should re-examine their selection before going to the expense of appointing consulting engineers to draw up detailed designs . |
| 28 | The witnesses told the court since going to the police they 've been intimidated by certain people on the estate . |
| 29 | The witnesses told the court since going to the police they 've been intimidated by certain people on the estate . |
| 30 | When breakfast was finished the Foley boys placed their plates and cutlery neatly on the hatch into the kitchen before going to the big room where all their coats , boots , shoes , school bags and often rugby gear had to be left . |