Example sentences of "had gone [adv] a " in BNC.

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1 I ca n't remember wha exactly what it was but er it erm had gone up a little since erm , since I first started .
2 At ten P M she did n't seem too great either , her temperature had gone up a little bit , but nevertheless , she slept on .
3 No I think , I thought we still had a chance , albeit you know the odds had gone down a bit or increased , but er no I thought we still had a chance , it was gon na be harder because if we lost any more by the wayside then you know you 're gon na be , it would 've been very awkward .
4 It had gone down a lot though .
5 After circling and playing together for probably a minute , the fins had lazily disappeared and Yanto had gone home a mystified man .
6 Gifford had gone overboard a bit in the blues though …
7 We had gone about a hundred yards when one particular house caught my eye .
8 They had gone about a hundred and fifty yards when a figure in blue combat gear loomed up and signalled them to stop .
9 He had gone only a few yards however when the horse hurled him over a precipice to his death .
10 Mait had gone only a short distance when he heard the faint beep from above .
11 But he had gone only a few paces when she called to him .
12 But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip .
13 She had gone only a little way however , when she stopped to check her map and , to her consternation found that when she turned the ignition on again her car would n't go !
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