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Example sentences of "gone [adv prt] a " 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	The size of the speaker has gone up a notch here to 10″ , with the dimension of the ports increased accordingly .
18	( It has gone up a bit since then , but not back to the post-1945 level . )
19	The sort of fellow who gets an erection when he hears the bank rate 's gone up a tenth of a percent .
20	So when you look at it on a yearly basis and a compare it to what it was a few years ago , Yes it 's gone up a lot .
21	‘ I was quite lucky to get my degree , had I gone up a year later I probably would n't have done .
22	I ca n't remember wha exactly what it was but er it erm had gone up a little since erm , since I first started .
23	Things have really taken off , our whole output has gone up a notch .
24	fags have gone up a penny .
25	Fred says to me fa fags have gone up a penny .
26	They would n't , because it 's only gone up a penny like , there 's nothing to stop them putting it i , up two penny !
27	At ten P M she did n't seem too great either , her temperature had gone up a little bit , but nevertheless , she slept on .
28	Premiums have gone up an average 17 per cent this year .
29	I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services .
30	And er certainly Amanda who who 's on strike then you know I mean they do n't get equal pay the women the the the three women that came out I mean one of them 's gone back an Amanda and Helen you know I mean they they were on they were on terribly low wages .