Example sentences of "have gone a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Dad has gone a bit funny about sex .
2 UK manufacturer Input has gone a step further and coiled not just one , but two 5m flexible cables into the same body , and instead of just the one socket on the body of the reel , they have but another socket on the end of the second trailing lead .
3 MOST HISTORIANS simply rely on archives — Peter Wynne-Thomas has gone a step further by creating one .
4 BBC network television has gone a step further and introduced a sexual harassment hotline , which , though it sounds like one of the services advertised in David Sullivan 's tabloid journals , is intended to root out rather than promote unwanted lubricity .
5 The Labour party has had similar problems and has gone a step further .
6 For Jeffery Taylor , arts correspondent for the Mail on Sunday claims the Northern Ballet Theatre has gone a touch too far .
7 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 .
8 The saga of Hereford Cathedral 's Mappa Mundi has gone a stage further .
9 Last night he 'd gone a work .
10 we enjoyed walking home , I thought he 'd gone a bingo , that 's funny were n't you going home baby sitting .
11 And knowing he 'd gone a bit too far , and glad enough , now his fright and anger were fading , to have faced down Lachlan 's temper and Farquhar 's knife unharmed , Duncan Rua was satisfied to grin back , and turn aside to work the ship .
12 Cos nowadays if you if you did something like that folk would say you 'd gone a bit funny .
13 Heard she 'd gone a bit funny . ’
14 I thought you 'd gone a bit shitty .
15 Things may have gone a bit quiet on Intel Corp 's joint venture with VLSI Technology Inc to develop chips that include iAPX-86 cores for use in handheld devices , but Intel says that the effort is quietly progressing and that early next year it expects to see manufacturers offering small , lightweight hand-held computers based on the new chips ; Intel is currently preparing fully functional samples of the chips for shipment to manufacturers in the second half .
16 I thought he must have gone a bit ga-ga but there was no harm so I went up to my room and did my hair a bit .
17 I wish they 'd have gone a bit faster .
18 He 'd have gone a bit
19 playing with it and stuff like , I think I should have gone a while ago , actually ,
20 With all respect to my old friend , I believe my aims and basic purposes may have gone a mite deeper .
21 Along with the products would have gone a lot more of the people than USL cut loose right before it got bought .
22 Indeed , Polybius appears to have gone a step further .
23 ‘ I 'm afraid we 've gone a bit too soft , ’ she says with almost Blimpish fervour .
24 ‘ I 'm afraid we 've gone a bit too soft , ’ she says with almost Blimpish fervour .
25 I 've gone a bit mad about cleaning as my mother 's coming to stay this summer .
26 Ten forty five so we 've gone a bit .
27 see like , now they 've gone a bit quieter now , have you noticed ?
28 Alison his nose as it was around there , they 've gone a bit bumpy .
29 You 've gone a straight across there .
30 They 've gone a lot of funny ways , the Cauldhames and their associates by marriage , but to the best of my knowledge a gun has never crossed one off .
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