Example sentences of "went [to-vb] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Pouring out the coffee with a shaking hand , adding milk and sugar , she went to sit at the table .
2 Like that deep trog of a bank manager I went to see at the end of my first term at university .
3 He did not , but went to stand at the window , looking out .
4 Pushing roughly past him , she went to stand at the window , her back to him .
5 Luke pushed back his chair impatiently and went to stand at the window , looking down , his back towards her .
6 ‘ I know , because one day when we went to look at the airport I saw water on the other side , by the road .
7 Instead she got up and went to look at the Labrador .
8 Who , she wondered , as she went to look at the kitchen , had kept the house in such perfect order ?
9 We called at Penndon museum which was closed , but looks good , and then went to look at the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway which has plenty of rolling stock .
10 He went to look at the window sill and there was this think it 's about time You did something about these .
11 I 'd like to go on and lo dad went to look at the cathedral .
12 You know when all this court business is on , and they had two hours at recess so he went to look at the cathedral with Steven and mum mentioned it and , and she said oh I think I 'll go and have a look round she said when all this is over cos dad , suppose he 'll never set foot in Norwich again and I said oh that 's silly cos it 's a , it is a lovely city .
13 The whole train stopped while he jumped down from the dome car and went to look at the laggard .
14 Such was my astonishment that I stopped kicking the offending mouse and at the first opportunity went to look at the hedgerow .
15 They went to look at the jewellery piled on a table on the far side of the courtyard .
16 He went to look at the ricks again .
17 It was Bizet 's Carmen they went to hear at the Opera .
18 The couple had been inseparable since they first went to live at the home .
19 In return , the Hendersons agreed to open the new ‘ Laura Ashley ’ shop and Bernard and Laura went to stay at the Embassy for the occasion , sleeping in what had become known as the ‘ Laura Ashley ’ room at the Embassy .
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