Example sentences of "[pers pn] had gone [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had gone to visit the RSPB 's osprey reserve at Loch Garten , and had been struck by the symbolism of that site , where the birds flew free and the humans were , in effect , in a cage . |
| 2 | I was sitting in a friend 's garden where I had gone to seek the Lord , and as I was reading the words of Jesus I knew , with a peace and a joy which passed understanding , the call of God . |
| 3 | Most of the family were present when Anne asked her mother if she could have her dress altered , and after she had gone to see the Misses Dolan Tony said , ‘ I think it 's a shame Anne ca n't go out and enjoy herself . |
| 4 | She had gone to join the queue inside the ladies . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She had gone to find a place where she might age more rapidly . |
| 9 | Susan , still in bed , had no idea that she had gone to fetch a doctor , but her arm was so painful that she raised no objections . |
| 10 | 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 : |
| 11 | He died 26 December 1238 in Andover , where he had gone to assist the cause of a papal clerk . |
| 12 | The A/G radio operator was not in the control room ; he had gone to change the signals square to reflect the change from left-to right-hand circuits . |