Example sentences of "goes [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A woman of taste and energy , Mrs Baer goes right to the source — provincial villages in France — for her fine curtains , natural linens and variations on the theme of blue ( or beige or grey ) and white stripes so sought after by decorators . |
| 2 | Goes right to the spot . |
| 3 | Bill goes downstairs to the kitchen . |
| 4 | The path goes to the right to reach a stream at a small gorge and then goes slightly to the left to pass Loch an Fhir-bhallaich . |
| 5 | The second paragraph goes straight to the core : Mr Zappala is a member of the 100 Team of Republicans , who chipped in with more than $100,000 ( £62,000 ) to elect Mr Bush . |
| 6 | Of every hundred pounds that 's invested , round about forty pounds goes straight to the government in betting duty , round about thirty pounds goes to the football pools in expenses , commissions and profits , leaving round about thirty pounds to be returned in prizes , and so you can see that your rate of return on football pools is extremely small , but on the other hand a very large number of people do enter the football pools , and when they win they can win considerable sums of money and it can make absolute rational economic sense to go in for football pools because you are giving yourself a chance , no matter how small , of winning a sum of money that you would n't expect to come across in any other way of your life . |
| 7 | and the Great Eastern goes straight to the bottom . |
| 8 | you come in our front door there , that was a passage , when you get a draught from the front door , it passes this door and it goes straight to the back , down the stairs and back |
| 9 | It goes straight to the stomach . ’ |
| 10 | The decisive customer knows what she wants and goes straight to the counter to ask for the item she requires . |
| 11 | then all the data from the TREE command , which normally goes straight to the screen , is redirected to a file called PENGUIN . |
| 12 | When the process is complete , the outgoing prime minister goes straight to the Palace and formally tenders his resignation ; the most he needs to do is inform the monarch , who will have been given the figures already , that the ballot has produced a given result , probably adding that in his view the newly elected leader can command a majority in Parliament . |
| 13 | The fifth matter of complaint , which goes partly to the intention of the appellants and to the difficulty they found themselves in before the judge was that their solicitor never explained these matters to the judge , that is to say the technical nature of the breach , the details of the two charges that had been made , and the advice that their solicitor himself had given to the appellants when they came to consult him . |
| 14 | The second session begins with a few limbering-up exercises and then goes immediately to the selection . |
| 15 | Howard goes across to the man curiously , since he does n't know anyone in this city . |
| 16 | He goes across to the pay phone by the gents and makes a credit card call . |
| 17 | The project now goes ahead to the Council of Ministers for approval . |