Example sentences of "he went [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He went to shut up the chickens , ’ Albert Sandwich said .
2 So he went to sit down but his chair were n't there .
3 cos it was n't Sunderland that he went to see when he got the ticket the last time .
4 After an hour he went to see how she was doing , and to see if she needed anything .
5 If he went to stay somewhere with Margaret she unpacked her suitcase and put everything away , she did n't leave bags lying open all over the floor for someone to trip over .
6 He went to get up but his legs were numb from kneeling and he had to put his hand out to stop himself from tumbling into the water far below .
7 He went not to collect particulars and feed them into a computer , he went to get down on his knees and get himself covered in mud and blood .
8 It drifted close to one of the massive posts and he went to tie up , returning to the puzzled Meredith and looking down on her thoughtfully .
9 Next time he went to sign on he armed himself with a photocopy of the relevant pages .
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