Example sentences of "[pers pn] had go [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was to be one of these victims , and I had to go afternoon after hot afternoon to learn to embroider in a room that even with the windows open was almost completely airless , trying to keep my eyes open while I stitched and listened to endless gossip .
2 I had to go Christmas .
3 She had to go food .
4 well she brought the meal and she , she had to go miles to get the sauce , did n't she ?
5 When she had gone Scarlet began to peel courgettes , worrying the while whether she was not doing so prematurely : if she left them thus denuded , exposed to the air , they would discolour , while if she immersed them in water , their vitamin C content would dissipate .
6 When she had gone Scarlet thought how bored with their conversation Brian would have been had he been present , and then she thought that , with him around , they would n't have had that conversation and she would have been bored .
7 After she had gone Paul made himself known to Dr Heatherton , to whom he had not previously addressed himself ; was rewarded by a few courteous words and good wishes for his progress ; and then went home .
8 When she had gone Christina thumbed through her diary , glancing at cancelled events and big gaps where Stephen had been away .
9 As soon as she had gone Phil was out of bed again and , with a half-fearful look at Arty , put on his dressing gown and sauntered out to spread the news .
10 For duck you needed really to go north , to the big lakes around Alexandria and , of course , for big game you had to go south .
11 We had to go boom like .
12 Friday and Saturday , I come by car on Saturday and I go away Saturday , then we had to go Friday .
13 And with him had gone Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin and every shred of hope Cara had cherished for the future .
14 A couple of years ago they had gone sky high .
15 When they had gone Zen went back to his office and dialled an internal number .
16 After they had gone Richard said , ‘ Quite a guy .
17 When they had gone Phat pulled a small notebook from his shirt pocket and with a little grunt of irritation , made a mark in it beneath the number of the barrack hut .
18 To hit this road they had to go north a little from Fort Augustus and then swing to the west .
19 When it had gone midnight Lowell knew she was n't coming .
20 My father-in-law had moved the money into the Pyramid Building Society in Melbourne , which was offering the best interest rates available at the time , and it had gone bust .
21 Well it 's years since I thought it had gone bust
22 It had to go south of the Slieve Bloom mountains , on the southern rim of the central depression , just as it had to go north of the Ballyhoura mountains , seventy miles farther to the southwest .
23 It had to go south of the Slieve Bloom mountains , on the southern rim of the central depression , just as it had to go north of the Ballyhoura mountains , seventy miles farther to the southwest .
24 She said he would have come himself but he had to go Oxford of course .
25 When he had gone Sarah carried on with her chores , but Garry 's words stayed with her all evening .
26 Needless to say the revelations made by John Stalker ( 1988 ) were also less than welcome to the service , and all around I heard my contemporaries condemn the fact that he had gone public .
27 McDermott , who as a lower order batsman was a prime target in a ‘ bumper ’ war between the two sides in 1991 , said he had gone public with his allegations after reading Richards ' recent autobiography , ‘ Hitting Across the Line . ’
28 But after he had gone Robbie did not immediately prepare herself for bed .
29 When he had gone Nutty said , ‘ He 's always saying things . ’
30 When he had gone Rain said : ‘ At least we know why Joseph did n't want a lift back to the boat .
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