Example sentences of "[coord] went [adv prt] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They continued their bloodthirsty chatter , as they identified the weak and the injured and went over to negotiate a purchase price . |
| 2 | She looked away from him , and went over to straighten a picture on the wall . |
| 3 | Partial calm was restored when the prisoners were released during the afternoon , but representatives of the Majlis continued to demand that those responsible for the attack be found and punished , and went on to declare a general mobilization of Crimean Tatars . |
| 4 | Once the news of the invasion reached New York , the UN Security Council quickly adopted Resolution 660 , condemning Iraq 's action , and went on to vote a further 11 resolutions on related matters by the end of the year . |
| 5 | Always in the leading group , McMahon pushed to the front before the last where he was challenged by the favourite Over the Edge , but keeping his mount perfectly balanced and running as straight as a gun barrel , McMahon found something left in the ‘ Tank ’ and went on to score a snug success . |
| 6 | He is a small but forceful creature who survived the untimely death of the man who manipulated him so brilliantly and went on to forge an equally close bond with a second partner . |
| 7 | THE Border Golfers ' Association , which began with the amalgamation of seven clubs in 1893 and went on to play a major role in the development of the Scottish Golf Union , will launch a season of centenary celebrations at Kelso on Sunday . |
| 8 | Bobby Neill , who won a British featherweight title in the 1950s and went on to play a significant role in the development of such top-class boxers as Alan Rudkin and Alan Minter , has said : ‘ … hungry fighters ? |
| 9 | In spite of his size , and like many big strikers , Dave was a sensitive fellow and pre-match tension was a real problem for him in his earlier days , but he overcame that worry successfully and went on to make a substantial and positive contribution to Palace 's return to the big-time , before moving to Derby County in a £400,000 deal in the spring of 1980 . |
| 10 | He did , however , and went on to become a leading citizen . |
| 11 | His brother Marshall Field , arrived three years later and went on to become a world legend as the Merchant Prince |
| 12 | A group called Simplicity was launched in Oxford and went on to become a national success . |
| 13 | He studied law at the Moscow State University , and went on to become a full Communist Party member two years later , in nineteen fifty two . |
| 14 | He was one of Edward IV 's servants and went on to become an esquire of the body of Richard III , but he never regained office in Monmouth and deserted Richard before Bosworth . |
| 15 | These were collected by a stonemason , Hugh Miller ( 1802–56 ) , who became accepted as an authority on the subject and went on to become an outspoken critic of evolutionism . |
| 16 | He was one of Edward IV 's servants and went on to become an esquire of the body of Richard III , but he never regained office in Monmouth and deserted Richard before Bosworth . |
| 17 | Steve Lewis , who won a Welsh Schools cap from Albertillery GS at scrum-half and went on to gain an Oxford Blue in 1973 and play for Ebbw Vale and Bath , was approached and took on the job last summer . |
| 18 | The novel Lust for Life by Irving Stone , published in 1934 , is the most famous of these productions , popularising a vein of interpretation established early in the century by some of Van Gogh 's first advocates , such as the taste-maker Julius Meier-Graefe , who defended Van Gogh in 1906 , and went on to write a book in his praise in 1921 called Vincent . |
| 19 | Mr Jefferson retired in 1976 and went on to help a friend with office work . |
| 20 | When John Fenwick Latimer started , he worked alone from an office above Dresser 's printing and stationery shop and went on to marry a member of that family , Miss Annie Jane Dresser . |
| 21 | As a child Susan used to turn the pages for pianists at the club 's concerts , and went on to get a music degree . |
| 22 | ‘ Dinner will be ready in an hour , ’ she informed him , and went up to run a bath . |
| 23 | But after an hour Leonora grew bored and irritable with herself and went off to have a bath . |
| 24 | I refuelled and re-armed and went back to keep an eye on Thacker who was about three miles out in the channel . |
| 25 | He bought a gold Piaget with a diamond-set face , had it gift-wrapped and went out to find a cab and go to meet Irina . |
| 26 | In Sacramento he began as an unworldly ideologue , but went on to become a pragmatist . |