Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] gone to the " in BNC.
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1 | Cecilia turned somewhat fearfully back and saw that the man and the bear had gone to the far end of the coach where a woman not much younger than herself sat alone . |
2 | A Crown lawyer said that Hall had gone to the Co Galway resort of Salthill with a group of friends where they had rented a house for a week last July . |
3 | Bristol Crown Court was told that the girl had gone to the shops with a friend and stolen two cans of body spray . |
4 | Bristol Crown Court was told that on the day in question , the girl had gone to the shops with a friend , and stolen two cans of aerosol body spray . |
5 | I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests ! |
6 | He said at Dumfries Sheriff Court that he and his friend had gone to the upstairs lavatory in the dormitory building about half-an-hour after going to bed when they had been called over to the girls ' room . |
7 | Jim Fletcher and Peter Jennings had cooked the plan up before the Royalbion man had gone to the Parc Hotel . |
8 | The man had gone to the local authority to get a letter stating he was fit to have custody of children . |
9 | Baldwin 's National government had gone to the electorate in November 1935 against the backcloth of the Italian invasion of Abyssinia , which raised public concern , and a Peace Ballot carried out by the League of Nations Union which indicated that the British public wanted peace and disarmament but was prepared to contemplate military sanctions against aggressor nations . |
10 | One of the major problems for us , whichever Party 's in in control , and I think if Councillor had gone to the press after this report was done and , rather than trying to score points and saying it 's all because it 's lack of Government cash , if he 'd appli if he 'd said , let's all get together on this , let's try and solve the problem , the problem 's been going on indefinitely , let's try and s , he might have gained more credibility . |
11 | Gavin also faces three charges of obtaining a total of £630 from Nalgo by falsely pretending the money had gone to the Transport & General Workers Union . |
12 | Going to grammar school really made me isolated It was only a couple of miles away from where I lived but that 's a long way when you 're only 11 — years-old and all your mates from junior school had gone to the local comprehensive round the corner . |
13 | Mr Carey told the jury it would have to decide whether the woman had made a ‘ wicked and false allegation ’ against a serving police officer or whether the officer had gone to the ‘ very depths of the pit of deceit ’ by claiming the woman , less than half his age , had encouraged and enjoyed sexual intercourse with him . |