Example sentences of "go [adv] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes down to his estate and does n't stay there a moment , we call in at Luxor and he does n't want to go ashore . |
| 2 | Instead of starting with the birth of Jesus and going on to his ministry , death and resurrection , the first disciples began with the resurrection and showed how it made sense of the rest . |
| 3 | He would n't mind going for a labourer , though there were n't that many jobs ; nor would he have minded going down to his uncle Henry Yaxlee 's yard to help out with the horses . |
| 4 | AFTER THE MONTHS of location shooting in Cornwall , and the completion of the interiors of Straw Dogs at Twickenham Studios in London in March 1971 , Dustin returned to his New York home , determined to spend as much time as possible with his family , only going down to his production office , SweetWall Productions , on West 56th Street , for a few hours a day . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I intend to give myself a reward , ’ Merrill said , going over to his window and closing it . |
| 6 | On that demanding circuit , he served his time to the troubadour 's trade , learning how to handle an audience , and going home to his law books . |
| 7 | In all those years of deception , Brian Courtenay , whether as boss of a catering-equipment firm or , later , as a humble taxi-driver , never missed going home to his wife for supper . |
| 8 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 9 | And he loosed his grip suddenly , and stood back with an oath , his hand going up to his lip where blood appeared at the site of her teeth-marks . |
| 10 | They have n't decided yet whether my car is going up to his office or to fishing . |
| 11 | In mid-January 1930 he stood by Frank 's death-bed and imagined his heart going out to his brother . |
| 12 | Going back to his desk , Bob looked discreetly over Morris 's shoulder . |
| 13 | Going back to his Aussie roots , he remembered the role Semillon played down there , but good Semillon is virtually non-existent in California . |
| 14 | That evening while wandering round the bazaar I was suddenly greeted with great friendliness by the erstwhile sufferer , who announced that he was now all right and was going back to his village next morning . |
| 15 | ‘ If you mean is he going back to his wife , the answer is yes . |
| 16 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected on Pertini 's portrait . |
| 17 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected in Pertinis portrait . |
| 18 | This other gentleman is going back to his seat now , ’ she said , smiling at Ryker . |
| 19 | He grunted and said nothing else , going back to his plate of food , apparently satisfied if not pleased . |
| 20 | He will return to Britain for Christmas , before going back to his job at the British-run King Khaled National Guard Hospital , near Jeddah . |
| 21 | He will return to Britain for Christmas , before going back to his job at the British-run King Khaled National Guard Hospital , near Jeddah . |
| 22 | ‘ He said he was going back to his flat in South Kensington . |
| 23 | As he turned on the hot-water tap and got out the dish detergent , Hank abandoned the idea of going back to his garage . |
| 24 | He can start in Scotland on December 13 by going back to his world title roots with a defence against rugged American Doug DeWitt , against whom Nigel first became a world champion by winning the WBO middleweight crown back in April 1990 . |
| 25 | I know I did a thing on the phone with somebody once where erm er let's see what it was , oh I was going round to his house to cut some ends of bricks of a wall with er with a big angle grinder and I phoned up and said , hello this Leicester Brick Decapitation Services , I gather you 've got some bricks who 's heads need cutting off , and it was the wrong person |
| 26 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 27 | The blood was racing through her veins as she kissed him , her hands going blindly to his neck , running through his hair with wild abandon . |
| 28 | Mr Jaggers clearly thought Joe was a fool for refusing money , and left the house , reminding me to go straight to his office in London in a week 's time . |
| 29 | I was to go up to his room and tap on the door . |
| 30 | All he had to do then was to make it known that he had promised to leave Laura alone so that she could have a rest in peace , to make an excuse about paying a brief visit to the Gents , to go up to his room — probably via the guest-lift — to stick his hand inside the room and grab the handbag , to take out the jewel before dumping the handbag , and then … ’ |