Example sentences of "the [noun] have go [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 In Wales the take-up of capital grants has increased considerably in recent years ; the bulk of the money has gone to a comparatively small number of larger farms .
2 And the contract has gone to a company based in Milton Keynes .
3 And I 'm left to wonder if a little of the sheen has gone from a club who once shone like burnished gold .
4 According to Ms Leith , the designers have gone for a ‘ serious and conventional restaurant ’ look ‘ which will not frighten members with too much yuppie jazzdom ’ , but which is also fun — ‘ witty , modern and stylish enough to encourage them to come ’ .
5 ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman who Eddie had begun seeing and she said that the marriage had gone through a bad patch and divorce proceedings had been started , ’ Miss Coltman said .
6 He got back here late this morning , saying the swap had gone without a hitch and clutching the photograph of Sam we 'd been promised .
7 If the bomb had gone off a minute later I would have been right next to it . ’
8 The record 's gone through a lot of transformations and taken a hellaciously long time to get done . ’
9 So far , the morning has gone in a blur .
10 The thing has gone through a tidal change and we know pay attention to the views of women themselves .
11 But there was no question that the win had gone to a substantially superior side .
12 The plane had gone into a steep descent and an explosion ripped the air .
13 ‘ He had been nursed superbly and that needs to be said because the nurses have gone through a difficult time for obvious reasons and I would like to assure them , in public , that what they have done was quite superlative . ’
14 For the first time in the history of the Beaubourg , the presidency has gone to a representative of the museum world , rather than to a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Culture .
15 Dale 's father , Michael , said the family had gone for a day trip and returned early in the evening .
16 The helpers had gone for a siesta , but Lopez still worked , carving the branches into intricate shapes , with dozens of little crannies where pots of flowers could be sited .
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