Example sentences of "he went [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went down the corridor that led off the central area . |
| 2 | He went down the road to the junction to look for a taxi . |
| 3 | In 1859 he went to the brink of war with American troops over San Juan Island , despite his council 's urging restraint . |
| 4 | He went to the bar in the corner of the lounge and he poured us both a stiff whisky and soda . |
| 5 | The next day , which was the Friday , O did n't work and he did n't eat ; he woke up late , stayed in bed until it was dark , got up at nine and dressed in his white shirt just like always and he went to The Bar looking for his heart 's desire one very last time , and that was the night that he met Boy . |
| 6 | He went to the bar . |
| 7 | Pushing his way among the men he went to the bar , nodding a greeting here and there . |
| 8 | When he went to the bar she whispered into Margaret ear , ‘ He 's gorgeous ! ’ |
| 9 | When she finished , he went to the bar and refilled their glasses . |
| 10 | He went to the bar . |
| 11 | As he went to the net , he raised one finger in the air as if to acknowledge the banners that proclaimed him No 1 — he might not be but the way he played last night he could be again soon . |
| 12 | He went to the council school , not Byron House , and he knew about football and boxing , sports that my parents would n't have dreamed of following . |
| 13 | In January 1969 , O'Neill took the only course left open to him : he went to the country to seek a mandate for his policies . |
| 14 | Maxim asked carefully : ‘ Did he see you before he went to the country , when he first came back from Germany ? ’ |
| 15 | He went to the court where he found himself dubbed the plaintiff , paid a fee and a deposit for which he received a receipt . |
| 16 | On Sundays he went to the home of Baron van Swieten , an enthusiastic patron of the arts , whose passionate interest in the then neglected music of Bach and Handel stimulated Mozart to collect and study the fugues and other contrapuntal music of J S Bach — an influence which can be detected in his own music of that period . |
| 17 | Then he went to the head of his own college , Sir Henry Willink . |
| 18 | You know , Jesus did n't spend his days , he went to the synagogue , it was his custom , but he did n't spend his days and nights in the synagogue , he went to the parties . |
| 19 | Earlier , he had been amazed by the amount of sludge being discharged by his pores , so before going back to the hot-rooms , he went to the wash handbasin and scrubbed his face with a will , and imagined all his blackheads disappearing down the drain along with the waste water . |
| 20 | He went to the document case and took out a fistful of money , pretending to weigh it in his hand . |
| 21 | A cocky 12-year-old in an expensive Goretex jacket , Kevin claims that he went to the boy 's home and was told by his father that he had not killed anyone . |
| 22 | He went to the scene but was shocked and shaken . |
| 23 | He went to the telephone and held the receiver to his ear . |
| 24 | Dressed once more , in lighter , more informal clothes , he went to the telephone table in the lobby . |
| 25 | While she was trying to do this , he went to the apartment and beat her , wounding her in the head for which she was treated at hospital . |
| 26 | When he had had his breakfast , he went to the shed , opened the door and was nearly knocked out by the overpowering smell . |
| 27 | Instead , he went to the Gramophone Company 's factory at Hayes , and on 28 April he made a private record of the speech , proposing a toast to the future of the paper . |
| 28 | Anyway I asked her if she 'd heard from your dad , and she has heard from your dad apparently on Friday he went to the consultant |
| 29 | Soon after his appointment he went to the north to meet representatives of the non-Burman races , and in effect asked them to state their own terms for participation in a Union of Burma . |
| 30 | He went to the University of Durham to study geography on a Navy scholarship and became secretary of the junior common room and college treasurer . |