Example sentences of "gone [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He has gone down a treat with the members , who have a lot of affection for him , ’ he said . |
2 | ‘ Only one thing about that pool , ’ Hugh said , depositing Jacqueline wrapped in a damp towel like a warm parcel in his wife 's arms , ‘ the tide 's gone down a bit . |
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 | ‘ Biochemistry , I see Mrs Hayman 's cholesterol has gone down a bit — Lizzie 's chest X-ray — haematology , Betty 's haemoglobin 's not too good — oh , the Hazell family 's tissue-typing results — ’ She gazed at them shaking her head sadly . |
5 | Petrol 's gone down a bit . |
6 | However , there is 5000 tonnes a year of , presumably , both mildly and highly toxic wastes that appears to have gone down a hole somewhere — perhaps literally . |
7 | 22 Something 's just gone down a hole in the skirting board . |
8 | It had gone down a lot though . |
9 | But it 's gone down a lot . |
10 | ( It has gone up a bit since then , but not back to the post-1945 level . ) |
11 | ‘ I was quite lucky to get my degree , had I gone up a year later I probably would n't have done . |
12 | The size of the speaker has gone up a notch here to 10″ , with the dimension of the ports increased accordingly . |
13 | Things have really taken off , our whole output has gone up a notch . |
14 | So when you look at it on a yearly basis and a compare it to what it was a few years ago , Yes it 's gone up a lot . |
15 | fags have gone up a penny . |
16 | Fred says to me fa fags have gone up a penny . |
17 | They would n't , because it 's only gone up a penny like , there 's nothing to stop them putting it i , up two penny ! |
18 | Premiums have gone up an average 17 per cent this year . |
19 | And er certainly Amanda who who 's on strike then you know I mean they do n't get equal pay the women the the the three women that came out I mean one of them 's gone back an Amanda and Helen you know I mean they they were on they were on terribly low wages . |
20 | Oh , has it gone round a bit ? |
21 | Yeah , it 's gone round a bit now . |