Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] gone [art] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed the latest text has gone a long way towards meeting the UK 's objections . ’
2 Finally , it is worth pointing out that in some modern societies there is considerable reason to suppose that , as yet , the ego and superego-degradation has gone a lot further then the externalization of the superego functions of the state , but that there is no reason why in these circumstances the externalization process should not rapidly catch up .
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4 Once famed as ‘ Baghdad by the Bay ’ in the days when such an appellation was a compliment , San Francisco has gone the way of many major U.S. cities and is burdened by a high number of homeless and beggars , and rising crime .
5 However , official teaching has gone the other way , becoming increasingly restrictive in its emphasis on the grounds that the sharing of communion is acceptable only as an expression , and not as a cause of unity .
6 And in fact patient research has gone a long way towards resolving this knotty problem .
7 In fact the 3000 MkIII had gone the way of many a sports car in its dotage and started to take on a softer aspect .
8 The tramp choked a little , as if the gum he accepted and popped into his mouth had gone the wrong way .
9 Many organizations have gone the whole way and created entirely different systems for each of these needs .
10 I admit , the figure 's gone a bit , but then it started going when I was still twenty-five .
11 But if the means of communication have moved in a more public direction , the images have gone the other way .
12 Mind 's gone a bit , I suppose .
13 She felt as she always did , not fear , but a kind of cold , dead calm , the way you might feel in a car in which the brakes have gone the moment before the crash .
14 Cuba has gone a long way to reducing gender inequalities , though power relations still clearly favour men , a fact of which all Cubans , including their leaders , are very aware .
15 And , indeed , as befits someone who 's hovering on the edge of idolatry , even her vocabulary has gone a little pagan ‘ Till dieted by thee I grow mature in knowledge as the Gods who all things know ’ , and then what I think is a brilliant touch on Milton 's part , the very next line says to us ‘ Though others envy what they can not give ’ .
16 After Caretaker had gone the Inspector leaned back in his chair and stretched .
17 Maggie 's gone the opposite way from Tesco 's ; her heels are sinking into grass .
18 Anyway , everyone knows that training shoes have gone a bit crazy in the past few years .
19 3M have gone a step further with the Privacy Plus Filter .
20 3M have gone a step further with the Privacy Plus Filter .
21 The Community has gone a long way towards achieving that central purpose ; towards taming nationalism without suppressing patriotism ; towards sharing sovereignty without destroying nations ; and towards putting the magic of markets to work for society in a stable democratic setting .
22 And so , hours later , when the room has gone a dusky grey from winter twilight and the smoke of our cigarettes , a most blank and bovine nurse accompanies Jackie 's husband into the room , and he indeed bears an armful of Sainsbury 's .
23 After the lunch guests had gone the house settled down into quiet .
24 Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength .
25 As soon as Michele had gone the housekeeper began to help Luce off with her clothes .
26 The Thatcher governments have gone a long way towards puncturing claims about the power of the unions .
27 The Briton may take a dekko , north India 's ‘ Look ! ’ ( just as , from British rule in Egypt , he may take a shufti — though one who takes a butchers has gone no further east than Bow bells and the cockney rhyming slang of a butcher 's 'ook ) .
28 Sims 's smile had gone a little rueful and he was looking down at his hands , turning a gold-tipped cigarette in his small fingers .
29 His feelings had gone no deeper than the surface .
30 If the statutes had gone no further , it might have been said that the regime was simply trying to turn all serfs into " obligated peasants " ( in line with Nicholas I 's statute of 1842 ) .
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