Example sentences of "they went [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She claimed that one of them went to headbutt the man . |
| 2 | Two youths attacked and robbed two members of staff as they went to bank the day 's takings from a fruit shop in Raby Street , Byker , Tyneside . |
| 3 | It was when , on their leader 's orders , they went to search the huts and hovels and woods beside and ahead of them to find signs of retreat or of ambush that the news they brought back seemed to unsettle their leader and the noblemen from Northumbria and from Fife whom he conferred with . |
| 4 | His hair was white , as my daughters reported when they went to view the body before it was given to the Odonata . |
| 5 | They said they went to get the food at Waitrose , and I heaved , and I said , I do n't want to see |
| 6 | Anna linked her arm with Merrill 's as they went to rejoin the men . |
| 7 | They went to hear the Sibelius Violin Concerto superlatively played by Isaac Stern . |
| 8 | From there they went to increase the power of the individuals who controlled them . |
| 9 | They went to find the entrance to the complex . |