Example sentences of "went [to-vb] [prep] 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 | 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 | We laughed and flirted and often went to swim in the Torrente Taro . |
| 10 | They went to swim in the Smith pool and Mr Smith sent a maid out with four shandies on a tray and several bags of crisps . |
| 11 | Everything went to plan in the opening stages with the Republic piling forward and causing all sorts of anxiety in the Lithuanian defence . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They left the hospital and went to wait for the bus . |
| 14 | Like that deep trog of a bank manager I went to see at the end of my first term at university . |
| 15 | Mind you , there 's been a great pause on it while you went to see to the baby . |
| 16 | You know when we went to see about the flagstones ? |
| 17 | We found that we went to go to the telephone system that there were a whole load of numbers not being used . |
| 18 | Then he went to go to the loo and nearly did a complete backward flip down the stairs . |
| 19 | He did not , but went to stand at the window , looking out . |
| 20 | Pushing roughly past him , she went to stand at the window , her back to him . |
| 21 | Luke pushed back his chair impatiently and went to stand at the window , looking down , his back towards her . |
| 22 | Senga went to stand before the window . |
| 23 | The two of them went to stand in the bow . |
| 24 | Adam climbed in and went to stand in the prow , eyes fixed once more on the island . |
| 25 | She left the pages where they lay , one-dimensional flakes littering the murky floor , and she went to stand by the balcony window again . |
| 26 | She stepped into the room and went to stand by the armchair where he had so carelessly thrown his coat . |
| 27 | Alone , he went to stand by the window , looking out . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Anna Harland left the prison and went to talk to the police . |
| 30 | When Norman went to serve with the East Riding Yeomanry during the First World War , reaching the rank of captain , she worked from 7.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. as a VAD at the Red Cross Hospital in Richmond , travelling each day by pony and trap or bicycle , carrying a fresh egg from one of the Field farms . |