Example sentences of "have gone [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , considerable effort has gone into promoting the economic development of the city 's disadvantaged areas . |
| 2 | It has gone in repaying the overseas debt that we inherited from the last Labour Government . |
| 3 | The Government 's own Department of Development Aid has apparently been so devious that the judge investigating the billions of Rand evidently missing or misappropriated , which should have gone towards assisting the poorer ( black ) communities , has thrown in the towel when faced by the department 's shambolic accounting . |
| 4 | Secretary Meretta Griffiths said : ‘ With so much work having gone into preparing the 50th anniversary show and with many exhibitors having taken up position we decided that the show should go on . ’ |
| 5 | Every penny he 'd saved had gone to getting the key money for this house , over a thousand pounds , and then the four hundred a month rent . |
| 6 | We were endlessly impressed by the amount of effort and planning which had gone into making the whole programme run smoothly and efficiently . |