Example sentences of "went [adv] to look " in BNC.

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1 Having touched on the difficulties of the past year Mr Vernon went on to look at the remarkable successes :
2 We then went on to look at several classes of er ion channels , voltage gated channels which form a superfamily of sodium and calcium and potassium channels .
3 We went on to look at ligand gated channels , and in particular three different classes , acetylcholine gated , glycine gated , G A B A gated .
4 The lights were dim , and the room was dark ; her brother did not respond to her cries , so the girl went inside to look for him .
5 A hundred yards or so beyond the house there were steps down to the shore and , curious , he went down to look more closely .
6 When western doctors went in to look for thyroid and other illnesses , they could not tell whether the apparent increase they discovered in these things was due to radiation or to the fact that no one had done such a thorough diagnosis before .
7 ‘ I went in to look for adventure , but I found love , ’ Dorian told Lord Henry .
8 I took Henry back to my flat and asked him to wait outside while I went in to look .
9 Went in to look for the seeds so I m I might have changed , just gone , I du n no .
10 I went outside to look for her .
11 But he went away to look and dates and the address of Evelyn Bond were provided .
12 I went over to look at it more carefully , and stopped in sudden surprise .
13 I went over to look and knew it was a lap dog . ’
14 ‘ The other day Thomas and I went over to look at the foundations of the first villa which your men have started to build , ’ she remarked , as they drank their coffee .
15 And I had one rehearsal of two Bach pieces which were really difficult and I was com , feeling completely frantic during the break in rehearsal , and went over to look at the music and some fellow called Don bounded over to me and said , oh you ca n't be you know you sh ca n't be looking at that now , ba , la dee da dee da !
16 The little goblin , who was terribly afraid of what the king of the vookodlaks would do to him if Yanek went home to look after his grandfather , gave him a great push .
17 ‘ When he came out they said he 'd lost his mind so he went off to look for it and has n't been seen since . ’
18 He went off to look for coffee .
19 He threw it in the trolley and went off to look for things Elinor did n't like .
20 Sarah watched for a few moments when the game began , then went off to look for her Nature treasures .
21 And she went off to look for Moominpappa to ask him to put up two more beds — very , very small ones .
22 Every year after the three-hours service on Good Friday , in which we choir boys were divided into three groups to lead the singing of the hymns , each group for an hour , a number of villagers went off to look for primroses in the hedgerows and woods .
23 Peeling the shit-stained newspaper from the bottom of the cage , I emptied out the accumulated guano and went off to look for some fresh newspaper .
24 Sir Wilfrid went off to look for Tobermory .
25 She was as surprised as he was , and went off to look for some servants .
26 He went up to look more closely at Mr Edgar , who suddenly recovered and hit Heathcliff hard on the neck .
27 When you and I went up to look after them ?
28 So I went out to look for something else .
29 One night , when she was in her nineties , she failed to reappear and the labourer 's wife went out to look for her :
30 ‘ When I went out to look at replacements , I found there were plenty of quality players available looking for work .
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