Example sentences of "i [vb past] to the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So off I went , and when I got to the Severn Bridge , I thought to myself , ‘ I can go straight on and take him to Potter 's and get about four hundred quid carcase value , or turn right for the University and probably have nothing … |
| 2 | I put the visor down before I got out on to Gresham Street and almost walked into the edge of a glass door , but by the time I got to the Kawasaki my eyes had adjusted themselves . |
| 3 | It was dark and well stormy by the time I got to the Aurora Corona Rest Home and the residents were probably battened down for the night . |
| 4 | Back at The Pightle , outside the magic circle of the Decoy Lodge , I woke to the Monday sound of rain . |
| 5 | ‘ A particularly heartening statistic when I checked the figures before I came to the Netherlands was that this market — with a relatively small population of only 15 million inhabitants — continues to be the biggest export market for Wedgwood in Continental Europe , ’ he said . |
| 6 | When I came to the Riding in 1960 I had been teaching in Leeds for five fairly empty years . |
| 7 | I came to the Putney Young Women 's Christian Association Hostel to be near the hospital , and went to Fulham Congregational Church , so as to be near when IT happened . |
| 8 | When I came to the Cotswolds and looked for a studio , before I even looked for house , I found a great barn , a wonderful old building , except that it was cathedral-like and freezing cold in the winter . |
| 9 | I drove to the Birmingham Hippodrome in time for the 11 o'clock production meeting with the contestants . |
| 10 | I turned to the C.B. rig in the car . |
| 11 | The bus letting me off at a convenient corner in the city , I walked to the Sheraton and from a telephone there spoke to Mrs Baudelaire . |
| 12 | The way he stood , I remarked to the Reverend Feather , the way he bowed his head down over the loss of your mother , Stephen . |
| 13 | I returned to the UK before was born after working in Spain for the previous five years . |
| 14 | When I returned to the UK in 1937 , just as the Expansion was getting underway and when the RAF was some 33,000 strong , one could see more people at a mid-week match at Arsenal . |
| 15 | 16th December 1813 ’ … went to Mr. Architect Websters , he was from home , but Mrs. Architect was there entertaining company — cold of my feet and uncomfortable I returned to the White Hart spending my time with Mr. Richardson the drawing master — till Mr. Lishman came . ’ |
| 16 | After an invigorating gaze at the rushing rivers , I returned to the Mickey Mice . |
| 17 | And I returned to the States in considerable agitation : if national white media continued their de facto denial of his campaign , Jackson might really lose the game on grounds of fair-play relentlessly circumvented for the purpose of defeating him . |
| 18 | I returned to the Arg Nit LM3 to see if it would deal with this new symptom picture but there was no change in the anal discomfort with the Arg Nit LM3 or 4 and after 6 weeks she was again getting headaches and expressing fear of cancer . |
| 19 | I sped to the Jonah window and pressed my forehead to the greenhill . |
| 20 | I did n't go to them , instead I went to the Josephs ’ bedroom . ’ |
| 21 | Derek and I went to the Guildhall . |
| 22 | ‘ I went to the Guildhall taking messages from Sir Richard about-the pageant we are planning . ’ |
| 23 | When I went to the DHSS I vowed to make time for a serious investigation into company pensions . |
| 24 | Anyway , if I could just erm describe how I managed to get there in the first place , which was all a matter of luck I suppose as much as anything erm I went to the East Anglian schools for erm blind and deaf children at Gorleston on Sea from nineteen twenty eight to nineteen thirty six , erm , in those days erm education for the er disabled er continued until sixteen . |
| 25 | ‘ When I went to the Slade my sole intention was to become art master at some comfortable school . |
| 26 | Er Chairman this , this matter has caused great concern in Bungay I can tell you , I went to the Bungay town meeting last night and they were absolutely horrified at the way this has been handled and I have to apologize on behalf of the , of the County Council . |
| 27 | In order to see another show of photographs , this time by Sophie Molins , I went to the Metro Cinema where the work was well displayed in a spot-lit corridor . |
| 28 | Next day , I went to the Admiral Benbow and said goodbye to my mother . |
| 29 | I went to the Barrowland ballroom with my good friend Sammy Williams . |
| 30 | When I went to the United States in 1977 , I often ate what they called ‘ English Muffin' . |