Example sentences of "went [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when I went to go to work I pulled me gloves what I thought out of pocket and was going to put them on and I thought er |
| 2 | Getting slowly to her feet , she went to stand in front of him , the bedcover still held awkwardly round her . |
| 3 | Rather , like the bridesmaids who were prepared and who went to celebrate with joy , the Christian must be ready for Jesus to return . |
| 4 | Jarvis wandered about the world as young people do , but instead of driving a van to India or observing political upheaval in Central America or getting into trouble in Africa he went to look at metro systems . |
| 5 | Wick was where many of those impoverished Lewisachs , men and women , went to look for work that unsuccessful fishing season of ‘ 74 . |
| 6 | They turned towards the sea and went to look for work on the boats . |
| 7 | And then we er we left school and then we went to work for to w we went to look for work . |
| 8 | In the morning I went to look for Heathcliff . |
| 9 | He pushed back his chair , and , after one more careful look round the garden , went to look for Class 1 's homework . |
| 10 | Everyone was pleased to welcome back to Chichester from the USA Sarah Smith , who went to live in North Carolina in 1980 . |
| 11 | Edward and Wallace Simpson , because Edward abdicated in order to marry a divorced American and so they then went to live in exile and he was eventually , after he died he was buried in Britain , but Wallace Simpson , or the Duchess of Windsor or as she then was |
| 12 | Just a month later , when James Russell sold his business and went to settle in Contention , he took the boy with him and gave him his American name , John Russell . |
| 13 | I said goodbye to Mum sadly , left South London and went to stay with Dad and Eva once more . |
| 14 | ’ You did not lead a particularly high life style and the money went to pay of credit cards , rent arrears , phone bills and taxi fares . |
| 15 | and erm , and then every time the poor women went to get off stage he says oh Joan you ca n't go , come here , let's , he said we ca n't just give you that so he , he called her back and they bought give her a rabbit |