Example sentences of "[pron] have gone [adj] yards " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I had gone fifty yards , I felt a couple of grains of sand strike my left cheek . |
| 2 | There was nobody in the park at that time and I walked quickly through the dew , my feet soaked before I had gone ten yards , a trail of sliding tracks behind me on the grass . |
| 3 | ‘ Foot off the clutch , hands at ten to two , mirror , offside mirror , signal , gear , ’ he barks before I have gone ten yards . |
| 4 | However , before she 'd gone many yards she recollected herself and turned to the bystanders . |
| 5 | The tall grass on the other side of the river was still wet with dew and before they had gone fifty yards all the men were drenched to the waist . |
| 6 | Bardely intercepted him before he had gone many yards … |