Example sentences of "had gone [adv prt] of [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The other children pulled his leg and generally teased him about what he had seen but the child strenuously defended his story ; somehow the fun had gone out of the adventure and they decided to return home .
2 The heart had gone out of the day .
3 Something had gone out of the day , Caroline thought , but what ?
4 Dora had told him that Miss Alexandra was but a month short of her twenty-second birthday and he had gone out of the kitchen , scratching his head in disbelief .
5 The brashness had gone out of the sunlight , and the air had a chill .
6 Certainly the sting had gone out of the words ; I could think of them without being quite so ashamed .
7 All the shine had gone out of the evening .
8 The court hinted that the accused was guilty even though not all of the goodness had gone out of the property .
9 All the fun had gone out of the game .
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