Example sentences of "[verb] go [coord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then he let go and the calf sank back to sleep .
2 The cravat has gone but the pearls are still there .
3 Now the track has gone and a road covers the scene .
4 Now Channel 4 has gone and the sport is back where it was six years ago .
5 They used to come here , yes , to this hotel to spend their last nights before they went to that bridge to hurl themselves off , sometimes in front of a train ; but now the line has gone and the track removed we do n't get so many nuts coming to end their days .
6 The rail link has gone and the family firm which provided the public services was absorbed into the East Yorkshire Motor Services , who are still in operation .
7 The old wooden parcels depot at the Parkgate exit has gone and the bridge is newly painted .
8 He bit the dog 's ear until it let go but the terrier , called Dylan , then turned on Jimmy , causing arm and leg wounds .
9 And lay off were the tunnel was going to go and the road up to the hill and lay off the power station and
10 It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last …
11 The crosses will have to go and the widow knows they break regulations .
12 He decided to go and the aircraft took-off about teatime .
13 The French city people may have gone but the farmers are still there — they were n't wanted in space .
14 The important rule , if it 's live , keep going and the interviewer will help you keep going
15 the booklet choices and then the discussion can get going but the careers officer for half an hour .
16 The old general store had gone but the shade thorn tree was still there , bewildered by its surround of concrete pavement .
17 The crowd had gone and a serjeant-at-arms , wearing the florid livery of the city threw dice with his two companions , ignoring the grim carrion swaying just above their heads .
18 When they had gone and the noise of the engines had faded away , all would be quiet for a few hours and most people on night duty could relax — but not the Met Office , of course .
19 On our return the Agent had gone and the women were calm , unlike Bustos , that foolish puppy , spinning at my feet and fixing me with his heartbroken eyes .
20 He ran into the path of fellow striker , Lee Nogan , and as both hesitated who was going to put the ball into the empty net , the chance had gone and the ball was hacked away .
21 In sharp contrast to her mood , the rain had gone and the clouds were breaking up to reveal a blue sky .
22 The yard was still noisy with jangling harness and talk at dusk when the women had gone and the bracket-torches below the fiery sky to the west glowed like running water dyed red .
23 The man who jumped him had gone and the crowd about him was drawing back in horror .
24 He watched their departure through a spreading mist , and when the last car had gone and the avenue was silent except for the long sigh of grass , he allowed himself to be taken back to his room .
25 The heat of summer had gone and the cooler November days were ideal for running on the superb surface .
26 The swings had gone and the pier had been demolished ; a few years ago the Council had given permission for a café-and-restaurant to be built , but the place had only been open a month when it caught fire and was burned out ; the Fire Brigade could n't get to it , the promenade being too narrow for their vehicles .
27 Ace 's finger remained clamped down on the trigger even after all seven bullets had gone and the slide had locked back in the ‘ empty ’ position .
28 Perhaps because they were the first in the field , or more probably for deeply rooted socio-political reasons , the classicists have never been seriously challenged — theories have come and theories have gone but the belief in the control function of management has remained — even more so at the level of practice than of theory , although at that level , some insights can be gained .
29 Today the trees have gone but the lead cast of the Stephen Tomlin sculpture of her head stares out from the garden towards the marshes .
30 The old mills and the Roman fortifications have gone but the bridges , the stories and the tranquillity still remain .
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