Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] gone [subord] " in BNC.

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1	Most of the machinery has long gone although there are still remains of several of its large diameter , but fairly narrow , water wheels .
2	The inexorable growth of specialization has meant that in many cases the concept of the discipline ‘ as a whole ’ is now largely historical , and the time has long gone when one person could command a general understanding of all its facets and branches .
3	‘ They 'd all gone when I was born , but our dad saw'em .
4	I 've only gone since er , erm you know I say Michael 'd be seventeen you know , it must be like twenty years er you know .
5	There had in fact only been one occasion during those last years that Lewis could remember and he was sure Adam had only gone because there had been a promise of some shooting .
6	Events , she mused glumly , had not gone as planned .
7	He had not gone because his mother was always asking him to help her with things that she could have done perfectly well by herself .
8	Not surprisingly then , pregnant teenagers are more likely to delay going to the doctor , and in one study , over a quarter had not gone until they were more than three months pregnant .
9	My voice had nearly gone when I tried to order a brandy .
10	All thoughts of tiredness had now gone as I prepared myself for breakfast and quickened my pace towards the barn .
11	‘ The days of two-hour training sessions have long gone as players turn up in better physical condition and therefore know fitness work has to be done .
12	When mistakes are made a full apology is often less damaging than a grudging admission that events have not gone as planned .
13	We still hear of black students who make telephone appointments to view property , only to be told it 's already gone when they arrive to view .
14	However , things have largely gone as intended .
15	Thankfully they have now gone as they really were substandard .

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