Example sentences of "has gone to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes we have problems finding a referee , or the perfect referee has gone to sea for a month , or the referee loses the figures and takes three weeks to ask for copies , or we have a furious debate over a paper at the hanging committee and decide that we need another specialist opinion . |
| 2 | During this enforced week , even the faithful and normally encouraging Davidson wrote to tell him that ‘ Every mongrel is yapping , believing that a very tired fox has gone to ground at Chequers , with no fight left in him . ’ |
| 3 | His partner has gone to prison for knowingly selling the US Air Force defective parts which have caused the death of 21 fliers . |
| 4 | The statement , meant to be reassuring , that ‘ Mummy has gone to heaven to be with Jesus ’ , can leave the child very jealous and angry with God for taking his mother away from him . |
| 5 | If the binder has gone to town with his gilt on the outside , he may well have been tempted to spill over onto the inside edges , giving pleasant lacy-patterned borders to the paste-down , usually termed ‘ inside dentelles ’ . |