Example sentences of "i went [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Like the rest , I went to use the privy along the corridor . |
| 2 | She says : ‘ When I went to arrange the AA insurance for the car they offered me a policy for us as well and , thank goodness , I decided to take it . ’ |
| 3 | Wh when I went to shut the gate after that man had left it open I er I went round and dead-headed them all . |
| 4 | The next day , after visiting the Freer , I went to inspect the brand-new modern art museum , the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden . |
| 5 | I was n't in I was n't in in that song but I went to watch the play |
| 6 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 7 | So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister . |
| 8 | It was well after midnight , getting on for one o'clock , when I went to open the bedroom window , and saw someone coming up through the garden from the bay . ’ |
| 9 | So anyway , I went to open the outside door |
| 10 | course I did n't know until I went to put the cream on her , I thought oh what 's that , little bit of tissue , it moved and . |
| 11 | Having drunk my first afternoon coffee with Sheikha Grandmother I went to greet the Sheikha . |
| 12 | I went to turn the fire on and there 's no gas . |
| 13 | I went to feed the ducks at Roundhay Park , greeted the bluebells , presented bouquets to visiting dignitaries at my prep school , fought my enemy Nola Mote , had my front tooth knocked out by two large Bradshaw sisters . |
| 14 | While Stephen and David pitched the two tents side by side , Laura and I went to gather the firewood , provided by the shelter belt of trees . |
| 15 | So I went to visit the plants for him , went to check , in his memory who can do so no longer , whether the recurrent spring miracle of the Welsh mountains was still taking place now that the man who had seemed almost to stand for its yearly renewal had gone . |
| 16 | Before I left , I went to visit the place where William , Elizabeth , and my father lay at rest . |
| 17 | On my fourth day I went to visit the United Nations . |
| 18 | I went to court the next morning , was refused bail and was remanded to Holloway . |
| 19 | When I went to see the family , the mother was very rational and calm and the girl told me : ‘ there must be millions like me , Mrs Kazi . |
| 20 | I went to see the proposed route of the M40 in my time as Transport Minister , but the full motorway was not opened until 1991 . |
| 21 | When I went to see the director of Albanian radio and television , I tried to describe the difference in atmosphere between a British and an Albanian election campaign . |
| 22 | I went to see the Minister who had come to help Rev Kenneth who now had duties in other parts of London . |
| 23 | I went to see the event in August 1984 . |
| 24 | ‘ I went to see The Byrds play back in ‘ 68 or ‘ 69 , with Clarence White on guitar , ’ Sonny explains . |
| 25 | The next day I went to see the military commander to ask for permission to stay on to look after stray people and perhaps give pastoral care to the officials and troops left in the city . |
| 26 | ‘ I was living in a council flat with two young children and I went to see the housing boss , which was him , to ask for a bigger place . |
| 27 | I went to see the stewards , who said it was a sporting accident . |
| 28 | At the end of April 1973 I went to see the King of Morocco to tell him about a plot to kill him . |
| 29 | I went to see The Wild One many many years ago when I was thinking about becoming an actor and thinking maybe it was a bit of a poofy thing to do , and Marlon Brando was standing in front of this juke box and he had ‘ New York Rebels ’ on the back of his leather jacket and this girl came up and said , ‘ What are you rebelling against , Johnny ? ’ and he says ‘ What have you got ? ’ and I thought , ‘ Yeah , that 's my man , I 'll do that . ’ |
| 30 | I went to see the semi-finals of the Midland Bank Championships in Brighton — the first time I 'd ever seen a tennis match live . |