Example sentences of "go when [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Generally speaking , things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have got about as bad as they reasonably get .
2 The Glenman was right in saying that the days are gone when players are just happy pulling on the Glentoran shirt .
3 She had thought the time had gone when thoughts of Jake could upset her .
4 The days were long since gone when governments were prepared simply to ride out the turbulence of periodic recessions .
5 The days are long gone when drinkers should put up with warm and often out-of-condition beer .
6 They were celebrating with just 8 minutes to go when Rovers hit the winner .
7 Such ideas tend to be anathema to the Army Board , not because they are against the creation of stronger reserves ; nor because of the difficulties of finding barrack accommodation and training areas in the cramped and over-populated British Isles ; but because the units withdrawn from the Continent would become vulnerable to pruning in some future retrenchment programme — reserves are always the first to go when cuts are demanded , since their size is based on subjective rather than objective judgments .
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