Example sentences of "[vb mod] to go [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I ought to go down to the police station .
2 At about 2am I used to go up to the lab .
3 We used to work there from half past twelve till five o'clock at night , taking the bucket out and put another bucket in because the buckets what they used to call the bushes what were connected to the links they used to wear and we used to have to take them , one of them out and used to have a big chain go right the way round and bring the , bring the buckets backwards and they used to loosen up all the , all the pins what used to go through the buckets in the , in the links , so we took them out and then they used to go up to the dock and br they put new bushes in .
4 So when you say you used to go up to the pool .
5 In the 1920s , Dundas Hamilton 's father , Arthur Hamilton , used to go off to the Stock Exchange each day with a bag containing socks and shoes .
6 ‘ We used to go down to the park on Sunday afternoons , taking the children down when they were very young .
7 At nights he used to go down to the shore and look out across the sea you see and he wondered what was happening back home at Greentoft and fairly homesick .
8 We had screens on wheels in latter years at , last few years at school and er he used to go down to the tea room for a cup of tea half way down the stairs , the teachers ' room and perhaps go toilet as well , and er the one at the back was a foot out from the screen and every now and then he 'd have a look to see if he was coming and er we , what had had a big case with birds in and the lads who were doing it looked in this , saw the reflection and shh he 's coming .
9 They used to go down to the clogger 's shop , which was at the bottom of the road where they lived , and he used to make toast , make a drink , and they used to sit round by the light of a candle , eating toast and drinking .
10 I eh , we used to go out to the West Mersea a lot , during the summer , you know , when it , when I was at Colchester doing , mm , swimming , nice swimming and eh , .
11 Another time was about October , I do n't know what he was doing with them , but in October , middle of October , we used to go out to the beach and shoot erm Oh what do you call them now ?
12 Time was you used to go out to the pictures to see something new , to escape endless reruns of old TV shows .
13 You paid a small fee you see or a small charge to have this and the your mother used to put the the dough in the tin and er a little s bit of paper with the name on it , you see with a name on it and that used to go in to the oven .
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