Example sentences of "had go [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 " I had to go away for several days and while I was gone your mother saw some papers in Devraux 's desk .
2 The concept is an enormous one for twelve-year-olds to grasp with any sense of reality , for many children of that age would regard it as fun if their family had to go away to new lands — just as I can recall at that age receiving the news of the outbreak of the Second World War with great joy !
3 They were chiefly used by women but also by doctors and clergymen who had to go out in all weathers .
4 At the same time they had on Mondays and Tuesday we used to sell weekly tickets , so they had to go out in another box on Mondays and Tuesdays .
5 And we had to go down through fourteen feet of solid rock .
6 I thought you had to go off to another room , to a play room to play in the sand ?
7 Both their families were pleased about their plans to marry in September , but John had to go back before any details were discussed .
8 Seven cases in the sample ( 14 per cent ) had gone on for four years or longer .
9 And this had gone on for some time and he was down on the shore anyway one night and looking out across the the sea and thinking long for Eday and he met this man .
10 It had gone on for some time , she could n't say how long .
11 Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’
12 If speaker D had gone on at some length about ‘ cobbles ’ or rough roads in general , or if the analysis only had part of this fragment , up to C 's it was rather rough , then we might have had no evidence of a divergence in speakers ' topics within the conversation .
13 On our first meeting he thought I was a removal man working for Frank and Salome who had gone on to higher things ( mainly higher rates , mortgage repayments , so fourth , so fifth ) .
14 Whatever had gone on in those weeks apart , whatever course of action their friends had counselled , a minor transformation had occurred .
15 Secondly , the bird could copy what another more experienced bird had done ; the process of selecting the actions best adapted to the environment had gone on in previous generations and been transmitted socially .
16 It makes clear , firstly , that Eighth Army and AF HQ were brought fully into the picture as to the methods being used by 5 Corps to effect the repatriation of the anti-Tito Yugoslavs and , after all the discussions which had gone on in previous days , gave those methods their complete support .
17 Things had gone well for both families over the past few seasons and each farm was thriving .
18 The Italians had gone ahead after 28 minutes , when Bruno Russo 's deflected shot left keeper Pavel Srnicek stranded .
19 Notice this latter illustration concentrating on the externals of a still picture and then having selectively to use a ‘ public voice ’ , carried less risk of inadequate work than if the group had gone straight into dramatic playing , a mode which is often used indiscriminately and without any kind of rigour .
20 Three others had gone straight from public school into the services .
21 After the tragedy a couple of men had gone up with concrete posts : he 'd watched them at it .
22 My weight had gone up to eight stone so at least I was looking relatively human .
23 If you look at one area — the Ayrshire and Arran health board-list of registered nursing homes , in July of this year ( 1988 ) there were 1093 beds , by October that had gone up to 1125 beds and their projection for next year is 1442 beds .
24 It had gone up in that time .
25 Erlich had gone down to New Scotland Yard fast enough to be more than 25 minutes early for his appointment .
26 ‘ When I came out again my weight had gone down to 8 stone and it 's definitely an experience I would n't like to go through again , but it gives you a new outlook on life .
27 And the number for March had gone down to single figures .
28 She had gone down with all hands in the North Atlantic .
29 If someone had gone home after 55 minutes when we were well on top and switched on his TV to see the score , he would have thought someone was playing a joke . ’
30 He had made her laugh several times , had laughed once at something she 'd said , she recalled , and the entire evening had gone by on winged feet .
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