Example sentences of "[vb past] go [adv] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday . |
| 2 | The door was open and I did hear that much when I passed to go in to the ladies ' toilet . |
| 3 | She must have told Gloria off too , for the very next day , Gloria said , ‘ You got to go off to the country , ducks , health visitor says . |
| 4 | Next summer mum was told she would have to go back into hospital for a long time , and because I already knew the place , I agreed to go back to the Cheshire Home for this period . |
| 5 | I used to discuss with my brother ways and means of becoming martyrs , and we agreed to go together to the land of the Moors , begging our way for the love of God , so that we might be beheaded there … . |
| 6 | In this case , people met at work or in the pub will not be asked home or invited to go out to a dance . |
| 7 | On the following Monday she proposed to go back to the job she had taken to make it financially possible for Peter and her to buy their little home . |
| 8 | ‘ You must excuse me — I promised to go along to the tennis courts . |
| 9 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd have had a visit if she 'd gone straight to the nearest phone , ’ Goldman observed . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's all right — I was n't at all happy about the arrangements either , ’ Laura agreed , before explaining that when Ross had returned to New York he 'd gone straight to the hospital from the airport , before eventually returning to the empty apartment . |
| 12 | No , he 'd gone up to the traffic lights and this cyclist sort of like cycled up , jumped off his bike and wheeled it round the corner so he |
| 13 | He 'd gone over to the hedge that ran along each side of the white lodge and he 'd sat down . |
| 14 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |
| 15 | ‘ We 'd gone down to the Net , the day it happened . |
| 16 | She 'd gone down to the seashore with the dogs and there he 'd been , following her . |
| 17 | and he was let out and first , within twenty four hours he 'd gone down to the South Coast and killed his mother and his girl friend |
| 18 | He liked his porter , but if he 'd gone back to the stable … |
| 19 | ‘ She came for it soon after you 'd gone off to t' farm , ’ Aunt Nellie explained . |
| 20 | She said , do you know she said we 'd gone off to the woods and I suddenly remembered I 'd left my purse in the car . |
| 21 | I 'd gone across to the old folks ' home to have a chat with Maureen and , inevitably , I was telling her about the trouble I was having . |
| 22 | Some of us needed to go out to the lavatory , and all of us asked for a wash . |
| 23 | The painful contractions started before I reached the ward and by the time the ward nurse had brought me 2 paracetamol , I needed to go back to the delivery suite ! |
| 24 | He decided to go on to the second and third caves , determined to find what he was looking for . |
| 25 | So I decided to go on to the council . |
| 26 | I was very kindly invited back to the marquee for tea , but as it was by then after 4.30pm , I decided to go straight to the car , take off my dripping mackintosh , and drive back to London , after a very happy day which raised £25,000 for the Prince 's Trust . |
| 27 | Finally , the shaman ( priest ) of the tribe decided to go alone to the top of the hill and speak to the Great Spirits . |
| 28 | Therefore instead of walking all the way along the cliffs that morning , he decided to go down to the beach on the last lap of his journey , knowing that Edna and her small charge could well be at the far end , from whence he could quickly scramble up the pathway to the Tremayne property . |
| 29 | He dismissed the subject from his mind and decided to go down to the tiny lunchroom he ran for his employees , to get a cup of coffee . |
| 30 | Just after six , with darkness falling , I decided to go down to the bar for a drink , was pulling on my jacket when the phone went . |