Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to go to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was on an expedition where packhorses were hired to go to the camp at 10,000ft beside a mountain lake . |
| 2 | In subsequent proceedings for false imprisonment , it was admitted that the sole reason for arresting her was the constable 's opinion that ‘ police inquiries were more likely to be fruitful in clearing up the case if Mrs. Mohammed-Holgate were compelled to go to the police station to be questioned there ’ . |
| 3 | The child crossed and uncrossed her legs as she gabbled , as if she were dancing to go to the lavatory . |
| 4 | Startop , Drummle , Herbert and I were asked to go to the office at six o'clock the next evening . |
| 5 | THE SOVIET UNION played a key role in the agreement under which thousands of East Germans who had taken refuge in the West German embassies in Prague and Warsaw were allowed to go to the West on Sunday , government officials said yesterday . |
| 6 | Union members were encouraged to go to the Thursday meeting . |
| 7 | ‘ From what she told me , Mellor was tipped to go to the top . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And how did she know he was dying to go to the match ? ’ |
| 9 | I even went , I was dying to go to the toilet so I thought oh I 'll go down to the big er and I had no toilet paper so I 'll go down to the big toilets and shower rooms . |
| 10 | Bren was dying to go to the pub . |
| 11 | I was told to go to the telephone . |
| 12 | So I was told to go to the dermatologist . |
| 13 | I have looked around the faces before games in the past wondering who was going to go to the wire with a home crowd after your blood , never mind the opposition . |
| 14 | She said she was asked to go to the bank to sign away the house . |
| 15 | There was a little food left over from yesterday , so she managed to achieve a meagre lunch ; but in the afternoon she was forced to go to the village again to buy some provisions . |
| 16 | She 'd had her first transfusions and was preparing to go to the hospital for her next one when world events took over . |
| 17 | Eva had only been at Usher a couple of months and was preparing to go to the International College for Officers ( ICO ) in London on a refresher course after her long years overseas . |
| 18 | The vessel sank as the Aberdeen lifeboat was preparing to go to the aid of the stricken boat . |
| 19 | After some initial encouraging noises from Jim Callaghan , the Labour Party turned this request down and the NILP was allowed to go to the wall in the near-war situation that the province had become by the early '70s . |
| 20 | As I got older , about seven or eight , I was allowed to go to the park on my own . |
| 21 | In October the decision was taken to go to the polls in an attempt to get more decisive support for a Labour government : more popular authority and a workable parliamentary position . |
| 22 | She told how she was encouraged to go to the hospital mortuary each day and sit with him until , as she said , ‘ I felt ready to let him go . ’ |