Example sentences of "[verb] gone [verb] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She looked at Edward and said casually , ‘ Joanna has gone to see a sow at Mr Jarvis 's farm .
2 Jim has gone to meet a friend of his who is supposed to be coming from Liverpool .
3 I 'd have gone to take a look from beneath .
4 If only Oliver had not fallen over on the path he would not have gone to spend the night with Marjorie and Mr Sargent .
5 The kidnapped officials had gone to negotiate the release of hostages captured in July , including deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Kavsadze [ see p. 39019 ] .
6 She had gone to join the queue inside the ladies .
7 Of the total number of 317 inmates , 21O had gone to watch a film in another part of the prison .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 On Saturday May 18th she had gone to spend the weekend with an unnamed boy friend in Brighton , but had not returned to the clinic .
12 Seb also managed to stutter his thanks to Christian before following Carrie to the kitchen where she had gone to put the kettle on the hob to make coffee for everyone .
13 ‘ You should empty the teapot over the old horror 's head , ’ suggested Lili when our hostess had gone to replenish the jug of milk .
14 Amanda had started massaging his shoulders ; he 'd closed his eyes and imagined a hot sun and someone rubbing oil on his back , and then she 'd slipped off the bed and had gone to have a bath with the other complimentary packet of foam .
15 The 28-year-old man , who is not being named by police , had gone to assist a neighbour in Caithness Row who had disturbed three youths trying to enter the premises .
16 He died 26 December 1238 in Andover , where he had gone to assist the cause of a papal clerk .
17 Indeed , Eoin O'Duffy , who led an Irish contingent to Spain to help Franco , maintained that they had gone to fight the battle of Christianity against Communism , a view which was confirmed for them by the Irish Dominican father , Revd Paul O' Sullivan when he said :
18 The next morning , the crowd scenes were repeated in the shoe shop to which Ken had gone to buy a pair of sandals .
19 On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos .
20 Let us say that we have gone to see the Parthenon in particular , reputedly the greatest building ever conceived by man .
21 Out from them conquerors in their turn have gone to found a legend like the Welsh Madoc , an empire like the men of Devon .
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