Example sentences of "went [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | She went to sit on the floor where the rush matting was covered by a rug and rested her back against the sofa . |
| 3 | She went to sit on the sofa , and there she dreamed of Johnny , tenderly and with affection ; she thought of the words that he had said , and they made a warm spot , infinitely sweet , deep inside her where it could not be touched ; for just an hour or two , she began to believe that she truly loved him . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I went to sit in the pâtisserie Louis , on a fragile gilt chair , at a table with a pink linen cloth and a bowl of freesias . |
| 6 | Julia went to sit in the kitchen , trying to stop applying what she had just heard to her own situation . |
| 7 | ‘ I went to sit in the library to wait for Mummy and I started to cry . ’ |
| 8 | Catherine said the music sounded sweeter from high up , and so she went to sit in the dark on the stairs . |
| 9 | Everything went to plan in the opening stages with the Republic piling forward and causing all sorts of anxiety in the Lithuanian defence . |
| 10 | Gloria tied on her red headscarf , Dot buttoned up her pink cardigan and they went to wait for the bus to take them down to the hospital to see how Baby was doing . |
| 11 | They left the hospital and went to wait for the bus . |
| 12 | Like that deep trog of a bank manager I went to see at the end of my first term at university . |
| 13 | Mind you , there 's been a great pause on it while you went to see to the baby . |
| 14 | We found that we went to go to the telephone system that there were a whole load of numbers not being used . |
| 15 | Then he went to go to the loo and nearly did a complete backward flip down the stairs . |
| 16 | He did not , but went to stand at the window , looking out . |
| 17 | Pushing roughly past him , she went to stand at the window , her back to him . |
| 18 | Luke pushed back his chair impatiently and went to stand at the window , looking down , his back towards her . |
| 19 | Senga went to stand before the window . |
| 20 | The two of them went to stand in the bow . |
| 21 | Adam climbed in and went to stand in the prow , eyes fixed once more on the island . |
| 22 | She left the pages where they lay , one-dimensional flakes littering the murky floor , and she went to stand by the balcony window again . |
| 23 | She stepped into the room and went to stand by the armchair where he had so carelessly thrown his coat . |
| 24 | Alone , he went to stand by the window , looking out . |
| 25 | Fourteen trade cards issued by London undertakers during the period c.1680 to c.1760 survive , and as none indicate any other craft-affiliation it must be assumed that they were able to furnish from stock all that went to provide for a funeral . |
| 26 | And then when I went to talk to the sister , me , you know I fuck when I rang she was she had to have an operation on her knee , the whole kneecap was broke . |
| 27 | Worcester Juvenile Court has been hearing how three teenage boys wreaked havoc when they went to play on a building site . |
| 28 | I went to play in the park . |
| 29 | I went to play in the park , |
| 30 | Scarlet went to look through the glass doors , wondering about the relationship between distance and responsibility . |