Example sentences of "and went [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I donned a tie and went to call on the manager of the Sudan Air office in the guise of an Important Person . |
| 2 | They escaped from the toy shop , and went to live in the market building , in the middle of the square . |
| 3 | In May 1987 the debtor , who had carried on the business of running a nursing home , sold the business as a going concern and went to live in the Canary Islands . |
| 4 | The girl 's father could make no further objection , so the two of them were married directly , and went to live in the forest . |
| 5 | After two years of this , Miss D'Armande remembered , Miss Ray suddenly left the theatre and went to live in the country . |
| 6 | Her mother divorced Ipuky and went to live in the north of the country with one older son . |
| 7 | ‘ So I got Laura Parslow to help me , and went to live in the East End , and the only work I could find , being such a fine lady and quite untrained , was as a maid-of-all-work , a skivvy , which I was by day , and wrote my column at night , when my work was over . ’ |
| 8 | Athelstan felt angry and went to kneel before the statue of the Virgin , praying for Meg and the evil bastard who had sent her soul unshriven out into the darkness . |
| 9 | They left the hospital and went to wait for the bus . |
| 10 | Anna Harland left the prison and went to talk to the police . |
| 11 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 12 | Then , remembering herself , she slipped off her dress and went to lie on the bed . |
| 13 | ‘ For Pete 's sake ! ’ he muttered moodily , and shoved his hands in his pockets and went to stare into the empty fireplace . |
| 14 | ‘ If you would but use her , ’ said David , and turned his back and went to stare from the window at the frosty strand and the shifting , misty sea . |
| 15 | He pushed back his chair , and went to change into the evening clothes that Chambers had laid out for him . |
| 16 | As the eldest son , Father shortened his education — or had it shortened for him — and went to help in the family business . |
| 17 | Luke pushed back his chair impatiently and went to stand at the window , looking down , his back towards her . |
| 18 | Adam climbed in and went to stand in the prow , eyes fixed once more on the island . |
| 19 | She stepped into the room and went to stand by the armchair where he had so carelessly thrown his coat . |
| 20 | He got up and went to stand by the tall , ornate fireplace where a fire had now been lit for the cooler evening to come . |
| 21 | The whole train stopped while he jumped down from the dome car and went to look at the laggard . |
| 22 | Instead she got up and went to look at the Labrador . |
| 23 | Sub-Prior Richard , a kindly soul even to those for whom he had no particular liking , grew anxious , and went to look for the stray , and found him on his bed in the dortoir , pallid and shivering , pleading sickness and looking pinched , grey and cold . |
| 24 | He switched off the little girl on Terry Wogan and went to look for the Sturgeon . |
| 25 | She sprang to her feet and went to look in the mirror in the hall . |
| 26 | The aunt noticed , and went to look in the shed again . |
| 27 | Garvey stopped the pageant and went to peer through the grille . |