Example sentences of "[noun sg] had go a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The fact that the party 's final net loss was only eight seats indicated that Clinton 's popularity had gone a considerable way towards offsetting the effects of reapportionment .
2 The Officer had gone a few yards when he suddenly fell to the ground .
3 Whisper it not at the British Heart Foundation , but we knew that , as well as the salt , into that dinner had gone a dozen eggs , a couple of pints of cream , half a pound of butter , a quarter-pound of sugar and about half a pint of Calvados .
4 Tenison 's face had gone a blotchy pink ; his eyes were staring .
5 By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans .
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