Example sentences of "[noun sg] have go [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Bristol Crown Court was told that the girl had gone to the shops with a friend and stolen two cans of body spray .
32 Bristol Crown Court was told that on the day in question , the girl had gone to the shops with a friend , and stolen two cans of aerosol body spray .
33 Among the more interesting snippets which Norma chose to share with the electorate was the fact that her washing machine had gone on the blink , a button had fallen off her jacket — but , hey ! — she sewed it back on .
34 ‘ The sun 's gone behind the sail , I 'll have to tack . ’
35 But although recent decisions by Oxfordshire County Council and South Oxfordshire District Council have gone against the club , managing director , Pat McGere , says he 'll press on with efforts to have the club relocated from the Manor Ground .
36 Not all waste has to go into the dustbin .
37 Daddy has gone in the Army and I can handle Mummy so here I am . ’
38 A woman who was repeatedly beaten and humiliated by her husband has gone to the Appeal Court to have her conviction for his murder overturned .
39 Fleming the teacher had gone into the manse as soon as Cameron finished .
40 If the bomb had gone off a minute later I would have been right next to it . ’
41 The record 's gone through a lot of transformations and taken a hellaciously long time to get done . ’
42 Swindon Town have gone on a spending spree , in the hope of changing their fortunes in the premier league .
43 But instead of going at the end of the process of building the new Europe , the Wall has gone at the beginning .
44 What do people mean when they say , ‘ A lot of water has gone under the bridge ’ ?
45 The evidence has gone to the DPP as part of an interim report .
46 The factor had gone into the castle , ‘ to get his orders from his master , ’ as Cameron put it .
47 All colour had gone from the landscape , leaving the ground a kind of shimmering , bright grey on which every bush and stunted tree appeared as a black silhouette .
48 I was led into all these commitments in a very friendly and deferential spirit , and in a similar spirit of friendship and hospitality I was invited to numerous social engagements , from impressive lunch in honour of the Minister of Education to an invitation to a private home in Jaipur , where my kind host and hostess had gone to the trouble of preparing sandwiches , cake , chips ( without the fish ) and pudding , in case I should not like the Indian dishes served for the other guests !
49 If you measure the atmospheric rise in carbon dioxide due to fossil fuel burning , you 'll see that it 's only about one half of that predicted if all of the coal and oil that had been burnt since the industrial revolution had gone into the atmosphere , we would probably have er an increase in C O two double what we can actually measure .
50 The kitten had to go to the vet three times in as many weeks and was more expensive than the baby .
51 The last glow had gone from the sunflowers now and they hung their heads on their spindly supports .
52 The other had gone for the Wood but had entered well away from the large conifer Werewolf headed for .
53 By the time we found a space to stand in comfort most of his drink had gone with a gulp .
54 It was as if an electric shock had gone through the gathering .
55 He said at Dumfries Sheriff Court that he and his friend had gone to the upstairs lavatory in the dormitory building about half-an-hour after going to bed when they had been called over to the girls ' room .
56 ‘ His wife 's gone to the cinema , ’ someone said .
57 As soon as they see their names on the leaderboard they worry themselves to death until their name 's gone off the board .
58 well water 's gone under the bridge since then
59 Water 's gone under the bridge since then be fair did not perform well there 's no question about it and we have worked with her in the field erm she was n't she was n't brilliant
60 Right so that 's all the rest of your stuff 's gone in the kiln now apart from Louise 's other piece .
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