Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] gone [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I always said we should have gone straight back . |
| 2 | According to the opinion polls , 60% of the electorate thinks he should have gone last August . |
| 3 | ‘ We should have gone metric years ago . ’ |
| 4 | Atherton might have gone first ball , lbw , but somehow survived , only to be hit on the helmet as he became airborne against Waqar . |
| 5 | Whilst an extension of the deconcentration of central government might have gone some way towards abating these feelings , it was not considered by the majority to be a sufficient remedy . |
| 6 | Admittedly , if we had entered five times as many patients there might have been a significant difference but it might have gone either way and we have not been able to show any improvement in response erm to either the Pasteur relative to the Evans or vice versa . |
| 7 | otherwise , as you say , I could 've gone straight past here . |
| 8 | The head-on film showed Carroll House had rolled to his right , inhibiting the French-trained Behera , though not actually making contact , and the verdict could have gone either way . |
| 9 | At the moment of crisis , in the hand-to-hand fighting at the gates of Taillebourg when the decision could have gone either way , Richard had thrown himself into the thick of the melee . |
| 10 | " It was so tight we felt it could have gone either way . |
| 11 | The series was tight and there were many close matches which could have gone either way but they eventually went in the American 's favour . |
| 12 | Both teams had some near misses and the score could have gone either way . |
| 13 | It could have gone either way but a draw really was the only fair result . |
| 14 | It could have gone either way in a sense . |
| 15 | Robertson said : ‘ It was one of these matches that could have gone either way , but it 's very disappointing to lose all three sets on a 7-6 scoreline . ’ |
| 16 | Almondsbury came more into it as the last twenty minutes came and erm forced a few corners ; Banbury had probably the more chances of getting the elusive winner erm but the game could have gone either way and I think after all is considered erm the final result was a fair result . |
| 17 | Could have gone any time with with nothing through his bloody arteries ! |
| 18 | In Frome , as elsewhere , a large proportion of the population lacked the general state of good health which would have gone some way towards combating these killer diseases . |
| 19 | The initial committee appointed to consider the terms on which to offer William and Mary the Crown , which contained a Whig majority of twenty-eight to twelve , drew up a list of twenty-eight Heads of Grievances which , if all remedied , would have gone some way to satisfying the radicals ' desires . |
| 20 | If we can answer this question , we shall have gone some way to understanding the different claims made in the Conservative and Labour manifestos . |
| 21 | By next May when the league and cup medals are being handed out , Celtic will have gone five years without a trophy . |