Example sentences of "gone [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | However , there is 5000 tonnes a year of , presumably , both mildly and highly toxic wastes that appears to have gone down a hole somewhere — perhaps literally . |
2 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |
3 | ‘ Only one thing about that pool , ’ Hugh said , depositing Jacqueline wrapped in a damp towel like a warm parcel in his wife 's arms , ‘ the tide 's gone down a bit . |
4 | But it 's certainly gone down a he er quite a bit . |
5 | 22 Something 's just gone down a hole in the skirting board . |
6 | And while th they 're down there , can they put a co re-bend that cornerstone , we used to have a cornerstone , it 's got pushed into the dike , and it 's gone down a few yards |
7 | ‘ He has gone down a treat with the members , who have a lot of affection for him , ’ he said . |
8 | No I think , I thought we still had a chance , albeit you know the odds had gone down a bit or increased , but er no I thought we still had a chance , it was gon na be harder because if we lost any more by the wayside then you know you 're gon na be , it would 've been very awkward . |
9 | They 'd gone down a narrow alleyway — up North they 're called ‘ ginnels ’ but do n't ask me why ; I just observe , I do n't translate — which led to another alley at right-angles . |
10 | ‘ Biochemistry , I see Mrs Hayman 's cholesterol has gone down a bit — Lizzie 's chest X-ray — haematology , Betty 's haemoglobin 's not too good — oh , the Hazell family 's tissue-typing results — ’ She gazed at them shaking her head sadly . |
11 | His business has gone down a third . |
12 | and then we 'd 've gone down a different avenue |
13 | It had gone down a lot though . |
14 | But it 's gone down a lot . |
15 | obviously , but he 's , he 's gone down , I , I can see he 's gone down a little bit |
16 | Petrol 's gone down a bit . |
17 | A lot of water had certainly gone down the burn since 6th of June . |
18 | I learned to canoe years ago when three of us put borrowed boats in the water at Glasbury and pulled them out , finally , several days later at Tintern , having gone down the Wye . |
19 | Surely it is the fact all the other counties have gone down the same road that has persuaded Yorkshire that , in order to compete on equal terms , they must follow suit . |
20 | ‘ That 's a bit of history gone down the tubes , eh ? |
21 | In this chapter you have discovered many ways in which foods containing dietary fibre can make you feel more satisfied — and the food has not yet gone down the throat . |
22 | Water , water everywhere but not a drop to drink — because it 's all gone down the sink ! |
23 | By 10.30 he had gone down the full length of the corridor that ran past his office and he had then spent two and a half hours in H3 's laboratory . |
24 | Los Angeles , California-based Tiger Media , the multimedia authoring start-up , has gone down the tubes : its venture capitalists sold off the assets last month to New Hampshire-based AimTech Inc , a PC company . |
25 | Even if the black hole did emit the right kinds of particles , one could not tell if they were actually the same particles that had gone down the other hole . |
26 | ‘ If they set out from Tara at the hour they intended , they will have gone down the forest road hours earlier . ’ |
27 | Or bits that have gone down the wrong way ? |
28 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
29 | And , oh , Ellie , if you had n't been here , I 'd have gone down the aisle looking such a fright … ’ |
30 | At several sites , protesting miners were reported to have gone down the pits and stayed there following the announcement . |