Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] gone [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim has gone to meet a friend of his who is supposed to be coming from Liverpool . |
| 2 | Dolly 's limbs lay strewn about the carpet but Dolly 's assailant had gone to take a nap and slept . |
| 3 | The next morning , the crowd scenes were repeated in the shoe shop to which Ken had gone to buy a pair of sandals . |
| 4 | mummy 's gone to get the work , do n't cry |
| 5 | Rosemarie had gone to see the film with her mum and dad — and let them know straight away that she was n't impressed with its factual accuracy . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Willoughby 's gone to join the Army . ’ |
| 7 | The kidnapped officials had gone to negotiate the release of hostages captured in July , including deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Kavsadze [ see p. 39019 ] . |
| 8 | Daddy 's gone to have a shower . |
| 9 | ‘ You should empty the teapot over the old horror 's head , ’ suggested Lili when our hostess had gone to replenish the jug of milk . |
| 10 | Shortly before the battle of Evesham , Prince Edward surprised Simon Junior 's knights asleep in Kenilworth town , where the castle garrison had gone to use the baths . |
| 11 | She heard her grandmother informing her that out there , in that Mongolian vastness , was ‘ The Dragon 's Tomb ’ where her own great-grandfather had gone to find the dinosaur eggs . |
| 12 | Jacques has gone to call an ambulance . ’ |
| 13 | Out from them conquerors in their turn have gone to found a legend like the Welsh Madoc , an empire like the men of Devon . |
| 14 | She looked at Edward and said casually , ‘ Joanna has gone to see a sow at Mr Jarvis 's farm . |
| 15 | All his food has gone to nourish the lady , and to placate the woman , so that she would stay here and nurse her. , |
| 16 | On Saturday afternoon , most of the men had gone to watch the City at home , most of the women had taken to the washing machine . |
| 17 | Guy had gone to get a paper , and some fresh croissants from a nearby bakery . |
| 18 | But if the Milettis had scored a point with their choice of driver , Zen felt that he got one back when Ivy named their destination : the bar , identified by Lucaroni , where Ubaldo Valesio had gone to receive the phone calls from the gang , situated in a village about ten kilometres from Perugia . |
| 19 | His Mum had gone to switch the television on . |
| 20 | After his evening rounds Dr Laurent had gone to see the result . |
| 21 | A jemmy might suggest the murderer had gone to burgle the premises . |
| 22 | Valeria had asked us for the afternoon and suggested that we should stay on for the evening , as her mother had gone to spend the night with a friend . |