Example sentences of "[verb] gone [adv] [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that 13 years manufacturing output under his Government in Britain has gone up less than 6 per cent . |
| 2 | We would rather have gone somewhere else if that was what we wanted ; it was n't quite right somehow and so we painted the windows up again . ) |
| 3 | Moreover having gone as far as this I do not believe that it would be possible for me to hold the line and refuse to answer any further questions about the composition and activities of the Committees . |
| 4 | John Piper had seen the Diaghilev Ballet in his twenties , had gone as often as possible because ‘ the excitement — the tinge of exultation — in the dancing married to modern music and modern art , worked in my blood and bones . ’ |
| 5 | This was no new departure : Charles I had wanted a strong navy , though his reliance on unparliamentary taxation to pay for it had led to trouble ; the Republic had gone further afield than previous governments and had won some notable successes ; and Charles II and his brother James had tried to build up a strong navy without becoming too caught up by the House of Commons and its desire to control policy by controlling finance . |
| 6 | Sales of OS/2 have gone more slowly than some at Microsoft had hoped . |
| 7 | Maybe it 's gone very well because neither of us is — well , committed to anyone else . |