Example sentences of "went [adv prt] [to-vb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the botanical writer John Worlidge described it in 1676 , he called the fruit ananas , a Brazilian dialect word , but went on to call it a ‘ fruit like a pineapple but much bigger ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw him when I went down to make myself a cup of tea , just letting himself out the door he was . ’ |
| 3 | This Melanie of his must have been a right madam , thought Leonora when Penry went off to get himself a glass of whisky . |
| 4 | They showed me a bedspace and Alex went off to find me a tracksuit . |
| 5 | Rhoda went out to give them a piece of her mind . |