Example sentences of "and went [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , it hit the upright and went away to safety . |
| 2 | As for his goodness , the attempt to live a Christian life was so much a part of Irwin 's public persona that the legend became current that , arriving in India on Good Friday , he ignored the official ceremonies of welcome and went straight to church . |
| 3 | It was pretty late and I was tired , so I found my old room and went straight to bed . |
| 4 | ‘ I just came home , let myself in by the back door and went straight to bed . ’ |
| 5 | I got out of my wet clothes and went straight to bed . ’ |
| 6 | He came home late and , according to Lizzie , had a bath and went straight to bed . |
| 7 | Is he aware that , in the case of telecoms , the price control formula started at retail prices index minus 3 and went on to RPI minus 4.5 and only recently has been increased to RPI minus 6.25 ? |
| 8 | And tt Jan was er was er wondering during last year and went on to hormone replacement therapy because she was and the doctor was a bit concerned about possible osteoporosis which is erm brittle bone |
| 9 | By contrast , Jack Nicklaus made an eagle three and went on to birdie the next two holes , turning around a deficit of four shots to win the tournament . |
| 10 | She took the lift up to the sixth floor and came to the room one O nine , which was her room , as she entered she noticed cobwebs and dampness on the walls , she flung her bed , bags on the bed and went downstairs to supper , after her supper she went to report , she went to the reception desk to report the cobwebs and dampness , she rang the bell a few times but no one answered , she was just about to go back to her room when she heard Mr Sandy the receptionist in the back room talking to her assistant , I put the body in Miss Hall 's wardrobe , Jane ran upstairs and sure enough there was a body , Jane rang the police then straight away , please could you come to the Riverside Hotel , there 's something I think you should see , there was a knock at the door and Mr Sandy answered it , hello , oh hello we 've just had phone call from here , are you sure this is the right hotel ? |
| 11 | Then she turned , was shrouded in darkness , and went up to bed . |
| 12 | Bernard in a state of disgust , left the proceedings early and went up to bed . |
| 13 | She fell down on the mattress and went instantly to death . |
| 14 | Not wishing to find myself involved in contention , I ex-cused myself and went upstairs to bed before the coffee ritual was completed . |
| 15 | Soon the lawyer said goodnight and went home to bed , where he lay awake for a long time thinking about Enfield 's description of Hyde , and Doctor Jekyll 's will . |
| 16 | I made and ate supper , washed up , then watched the changing view of evening from the haven of the cottage window , and went early to bed . |
| 17 | I do n't know how Ian Cromb got it , but he got this great big blimmin' pipe and went along to Dad and said ‘ How about a fill , Dad ? ’ . |
| 18 | Today he trudged up to his cubbyhole of a room , showered in the communal bathroom , and went along to tea at four-thirty . |
| 19 | She had a private word with Iain in the after cabin , then put her anorak on over her dress and went off to bed , escorted by Captain Freddie . |
| 20 | But Jamie longed for adventure and , while still a boy , he joined the crew of a boat at Ayr harbour and went off to sea . |
| 21 | But Charles dithered and went off to sea . |
| 22 | She could n't eat any of her meal and went off to school where she had to sit alongside Mr Clark 's daughter . |
| 23 | Back in Frenchay , Caroline , who has never got things out of perspective , changed out of her special Palace outfit and went off to choir practice as if nothing had happened . |
| 24 | ‘ From what I understand , you broke off your romance with him and went off to university to pursue your qualifications . |
| 25 | what he wanted to do and and then he got a reasonable pass and went off to university . |
| 26 | During the war he sold his interest in his galleries and went off to war ; following this six-year closure he reopened the Hans Road gallery but decided not to reopen the American galleries ; it was hard enough to get the good material for one shop . |
| 27 | Juliet laughed , and went across to Room F , where Donna Hazell was sitting by the window reading a book . |
| 28 | She joined the old South of Scotland Electricity Board in 1976 as a legal assistant — the first female solicitor it had employed — but by 1980 wanted to do something different and went back to university with the company 's blessing ( and a scholarship ) to get an MBA . |
| 29 | I do n't think he realised learning the facts of life was precisely what most of us would do if we stopped demonstrating and went back to bed . |
| 30 | Looked out of the window at rain , no horizon and a cloud-base under 500 ‘ ft ‘ and went back to bed for another hour . |