Example sentences of "she went [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she went upstairs to tell Giovanna that she thought she would not be able to stay for her Italian lesson , because she felt so ill , and took herself painfully back across the Grand Canal to her temporary home . |
| 2 | She went upstairs to change , thinking how proud Arnold would have been of the way she had coped with the water shortage . |
| 3 | She went upstairs to change after luncheon and then took herself to the chair by her bedroom hearth , and said she should want nothing further , all afternoon . |
| 4 | She went upstairs to pack as soon as she could . |
| 5 | Remembering the cheque , she went upstairs to get it , she flattened it out and stared at the signature . |
| 6 | Curious , she went over to see what the paper said . |
| 7 | A driftwood carving , illuminated in a small alcove , caught her attention , and she went over to take a closer look . |
| 8 | She went over to sit next to him . |
| 9 | On the dresser , there was a fluted crystal vase , filled with sprays of beautifully scented freesias , and she went over to sniff them appreciatively . |
| 10 | He retired over there : his marriage had gone and so had his daughter 's ’ — and so had Magill 's first marriage she knew : marriages in the secret world had a high casuality rate — ‘ and she went over to keep house for him . ’ |
| 11 | She went over to fetch a cup of coffee . |
| 12 | Brushing the unruly wet tendrils of hair from her cheeks , she went over to stand in front of it , holding out her hands to the heat . |
| 13 | She went over to help lift the beams , and then hand new turfs and heather up to Luch , who was light enough to clamber over the roof to mend it without breaking it . |
| 14 | She went through to get here , to shake it all , |
| 15 | She went through to tell the others about the arrangement . |
| 16 | Why was it , Sally-Anne thought when she went forward to take it , that this pitiful sum seemed more precious to her than her huge allowance which she could claim any day she wished ? |
| 17 | Rearrested in May 1918 , from Holloway Prison she went forward to win the seat for St Patrick 's division , Dublin , in the December 1918 general election , the first woman elected to the British Parliament . |
| 18 | Smiling shyly , she went forward to meet them . |
| 19 | She went outside to talk to him , threatening all sorts of terrible punishments for anyone who misbehaved in her absence . |
| 20 | And she said , she said to her mother last week she went up to see her and she said to me she said , out of the blue it come she said |
| 21 | And yeah I were gon na say she went up to shop and had nappies . |
| 22 | She dressed , she went downstairs to sit in an armchair . |
| 23 | When she went downstairs to make herself some toast it was still very dark , although it was eight o'clock and she could hear the children talking in their room . |
| 24 | Shivering inside her bathrobe , she went downstairs to seek the sun . |
| 25 | Then she went downstairs to find her mother . |
| 26 | She went downstairs to find David waiting for her , dressed in uniform , with his British warm over one arm . |
| 27 | At last , unable to delay confrontation any longer , she went downstairs to find Penry emerging from the study as she reached the kitchen . |
| 28 | She went on to issue a challenge to parents : ‘ The Government is allowing Essex to spend as little as £62 per child for a whole year . |
| 29 | She and Grubb were together in the team that won the Nations Cup in Washington , before she went on to take the Toronto World Cup round . |
| 30 | She went on to take a social science course and to train for general nursing . |