Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] go [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the machinery has long gone although there are still remains of several of its large diameter , but fairly narrow , water wheels . |
| 2 | The inexorable growth of specialization has meant that in many cases the concept of the discipline ‘ as a whole ’ is now largely historical , and the time has long gone when one person could command a general understanding of all its facets and branches . |
| 3 | I 'd better go before you tempt the two of us into dismantling and abusing the sacred structure of the Sixth Commandment . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ They 'd all gone when I was born , but our dad saw'em . |
| 5 | There are reductions up to four years , but again it would depend on how much your size of your estate is at the end of the day , when you do finally go as well . |
| 6 | I 've only gone since er , erm you know I say Michael 'd be seventeen you know , it must be like twenty years er you know . |
| 7 | There had in fact only been one occasion during those last years that Lewis could remember and he was sure Adam had only gone because there had been a promise of some shooting . |
| 8 | For men on beach reconnaissance had further to go than the saboteur or the raider bent on mere disruption : the reconnaissance report had to reach the main force . |
| 9 | My voice had nearly gone when I tried to order a brandy . |
| 10 | All thoughts of tiredness had now gone as I prepared myself for breakfast and quickened my pace towards the barn . |
| 11 | I had nowhere to go when I left Bullwood . |
| 12 | It would be no use him arguing that he had nowhere to go because he so often found other places to spend nights . |
| 13 | ‘ The days of two-hour training sessions have long gone as players turn up in better physical condition and therefore know fitness work has to be done . |
| 14 | We still hear of black students who make telephone appointments to view property , only to be told it 's already gone when they arrive to view . |
| 15 | However , things have largely gone as intended . |
| 16 | Thankfully they have now gone as they really were substandard . |