Example sentences of "went [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again and again , Dorian Gray went secretly to the room and looked first at the ugly and terrible face in the picture , then at the beautiful young face that laughed back at him from the mirror . |
| 2 | He would have been the first non-Scandinavian to star in a Bergman film , an honour which went eventually to the more laid-back Elliott Gould . |
| 3 | She went slowly to the refrigerator , took out a block of ice cream , cut three slices off it and put them into glass dishes , then plonked the dishes on the table , during which time a new idea came to her . |
| 4 | Carolyn went slowly to the bedroom . |
| 5 | So when her doorbell rang , she went thankfully to the door to let in her expected visitor . |
| 6 | But Lady Thatcher , who is flying back to Britain from the United States , is apparently unaware yet that she will also be invited to give evidence about the affair which , according to one MP , ‘ went right to the heart of Government ’ when she was in power . |
| 7 | Her sense of discipleship went right to the root of her being . |
| 8 | I had one chap who worked for me for over two years without one accident , did n't scratch anything , did everything right , he was a wonderful conscientious man , and then one day he was carrying a big box containing some expensive crockery and he tripped on the top step of the stairs and the lot went down , the whole box went right to the bottom . |
| 9 | The UK 's exports went mostly to the low tariff countries of the market , which would raise tariffs on British goods and abolish tariffs on all goods from their partners . |
| 10 | Well , good luck to him ! she fumed , as she shot from the bed , collected her toilet-bag and night attire and went furiously to the bathroom to take a shower . |
| 11 | I went below to the cabin where there were empty bottles on the floor and tobacco smoke filled the air . |
| 12 | They signed up for the same courses and joined the same societies ; they sat together in seminars and went together to the National Film Theatre ; they had sex together and moved together into a one-roomed flat in their second year . |
| 13 | When at last the work was finished , Mina and Kāli packed a basket with some clean clothes and went together to the stream to wash . |
| 14 | We went together to the yard of an old man who bred worms for fishermen and bought a jarful for M. Bluot . |
| 15 | We helped each other with homework and went together to the Giardino Pubblico when we finished lessons early . |
| 16 | In the morning we went together to the bank . |
| 17 | Although the couple are rarely seen in public together — Lewis went solo to the Golden Globe awards , though Brad accompanied her to the Oscars — Pitt says it 's not a conscious choice to avoid the paparazzi , they just never go out . |
| 18 | The grindstones went especially to the steel works of Sheffield ( q.v . ) . |
| 19 | Soon after that , when the rest had retired , Nicholas went alone to the Palace for his long-deferred interview . |
| 20 | … commanded his armie to halt , and himselfe went alone to the toppe where , having sighted the Mar del Sur , he knelt down and raising his hands to Heaven , pouring forth mighty praises to God for His great grace in having made him the first man to discover and sight it . |
| 21 | It was a situation whose benefits went largely to the richer tenant-farmers and the landowners rather than to the ordinary yeoman or labourer . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , if I 'm still here , ’ she murmured under her breath as they went outside to the terrace . |
| 23 | Biting back a sob , she left him shaking the paella pan and went outside to the terrace where the air was fresher . |
| 24 | She went outside to the wide corridor . |
| 25 | Shelley went outside to the jeep , parked close by in the blazing sun , but turned as Miguel followed her and suggested , ‘ Maybe I could go to the village alone ? |
| 26 | She went uncertainly to the dresser and fetched a dusty tumbler . |
| 27 | And then Otto went indoors to the piano and played a few bars of Debussy to illustrate a musical idea . |
| 28 | As we went away to the sounds of Mrs Otto 's profuse good-byes , I reflected on the nature of the relationship between her and Otto , almost the opposite to what one might have expected : the gallant captain going off to sea where his authority was absolute and his orders brooked no delay , and returning to a wife whom he clearly adored but where the roles were reversed . |
| 29 | He had led an exciting life in boxing circles before he went away to the war and he did not consider himself to lack nerve , but the plan the little shifty-eyed character was setting out made Billy want to get up and leave right away . |
| 30 | Roberta and Faye went away to the pictures . |