Example sentences of "[was/were] go and the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last traces of day were gone and the blackness was total , perfect . |
| 2 | The old wallpapers , nasturtiums in the living room , stripes and posies and true lovers ' knots in the hall , were gone and the walls painted white . |
| 3 | The light was going and the sea was calm . |
| 4 | And then , just when she felt compelled to look once more into the strong , handsome face , the moment was gone and the Jaguar purred into life and she heard the angry rev of the engine as he thrust the car into gear and roared away . |
| 5 | Then she was gone and the corridor was empty . |
| 6 | The headpiece was gone and the bottom of the doorposts had rotted away . |
| 7 | The jeep was gone and the dust had settled , surely the driver realised that dust-raising meant instant reaction from the Germans with shelling and heavy mortaring of the area and the inevitable casualties . |
| 8 | The railroad embankment was gone and the men who had cowered behind it and finally , when the water came , clung to the rails , were all gone with it . |
| 9 | There was a deepening of the shadows and a swirling of something heavy and turgid and foul , and then the creature was gone and the Workshops were once again lit to crimson and the slaves turned back to their tasks . |
| 10 | Presently the port was gone and the fire gone and Tuppe had gone to sleep in the portmanteau . |