Example sentences of "[verb] gone [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statement , meant to be reassuring , that ‘ Mummy has gone to heaven to be with Jesus ’ , can leave the child very jealous and angry with God for taking his mother away from him . |
| 2 | Two points off a relegation place and with no money to spend , they 're on Skid Row and Kendall has gone from prince to pauper . |
| 3 | The sensationalist side of sports reporting has gone from strength to strength in the popular press since the advent of television . |
| 4 | Even so Edinburgh Academicals have provided Sole with a solid platform from which he has gone from strength to strength , culminating in three Tests and a series triumph for the Lions . |
| 5 | Eventually , a more suitable location was sought and the company has gone from strength to strength ever since . |
| 6 | Getting back to the actual poem , I had to write about a subject that the ladies of the congregation could identify with , and as Tupperware is a household name , I got the inspiration to write ‘ The Hostess ’ It all started from there , and , like the product , has gone from strength to strength . |
| 7 | At the moment we enjoy in England two wonderfully successful knock-out competitions — at the top level the Pilkington Cup has gone from strength to strength with full-houses at Twickenham the setting for repeated grand finales in recent years . |
| 8 | Founded by friends John Paul Jones Dejoria and the late Paul Mitchell , the company has gone from strength to strength , both in the USA and Great Britain and in memory of Paul Mitchell , a host of stars turned out recently for a tree planting ceremony . |
| 9 | Many people thought the scheme would n't work , but since then the company has gone from strength to strength . |
| 10 | Contrast this with the woodwind who often seem to be fighting gamely against insubordinate instruments and recalcitrant reeds , their difficulties surely exacerbated by lack of contact with the West , where orchestral wind playing has gone from strength to strength . |
| 11 | Since then CART has been totally autonomous and has gone from strength to strength , developing a multi-million dollar organization . |
| 12 | The APL scheme has gone from strength to strength this year , with highly competent managers from several factors including civic and local government , contract catering , hotels and the armed forces using this route to gain full membership . |
| 13 | It started in 1986 with Pink Floyd 's Dark Side of the Moon and has gone from strength to strength . |
| 14 | But now they have gone , the story line has gone from strength to strength . |
| 15 | While unpacking , he found a chess set ; his father explained some of the moves , and since then he has gone from strength to strength despite the fact that the family has no chess background . |
| 16 | The hospital has gone from strength to strength and is now recognised as one of the leading hospitals in the region . |
| 17 | Since opening in mid-November ‘ Chapters ’ has gone from strength to strength . |
| 18 | Since then his career in the West has gone from strength to strength . ’ |
| 19 | We might as well have gone on holiday to the Sahara Desert . ’ |
| 20 | Colt thought it a serious mistake by his target to have gone in person to the Syrian Embassy . |
| 21 | She says when we come in the summer there are geese , then they 've gone at Christmas to be eaten . |
| 22 | We 've gone from strength to strength from there qualifying for last year 's UK Team Chase Championships . |
| 23 | I mean obviously since we was established in nineteen eighty three we 've gone from strength to strength , and the only way that any company can do that is by offering good service all round . |
| 24 | It had come her way because , leaving them in charge of Mrs Gracie , Dinah had gone for diversion to what she expected to be a dull sewing-meeting in the Islington church where she and Paul had been married . |
| 25 | They had shopped round Belfast and she had teased her with the idea that this Parr was very rich , they had gone by train to Dublin and she had claimed he was ‘ hand in glove ’ with government circles there . |
| 26 | His eyes had gone from sapphire to a blue so dark it was almost black . |
| 27 | She had gone from happiness to misery and back again in what seemed no more than hours , and the speed of the changes had left her with a sense of unreality that she found impossible to shake off . |
| 28 | Erm the Financial Times you showed er I think including the F T Group and Les Echo er in , in the profit analysis , but you did say that their operating profit was up ten percent th the F T Group which I take it to mean they made fourteen point three , leaving I think four point two to Les Echo You did also say that Les Echo had gone from strength to strength but f from my figures I think it 's a third successive decline in their profit . |
| 29 | Bedpans had gone from earthenware to papier-mâché , bottles had progressed from glass to plastic , but there was the same kindly welcome , much the same decor except that the photo of George VI had been replaced by a poster on the etiquette of urinating . |
| 30 | The wren-boys who had gone from house to house on the lorry all day were now scrubbed and combed , playing away cheerfully on raised planks . |