Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] gone [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last twelve months , the number of heterosexuals contracting AIDS has gone from a hundred and twenty three to two hundred and forty . |
| 2 | ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman who Eddie had begun seeing and she said that the marriage had gone through a bad patch and divorce proceedings had been started , ’ Miss Coltman said . |
| 3 | The then modish humanity had gone into a violent reaction against the ancient severity , ‘ and might almost be supposed to see in the fact of having lost or squandered other people 's property a peculiar title to indulgence . ‘ |
| 4 | This is the first time this major title has gone to a coloured paddler and so is of great significance to those who think that canoeing is a whites-only sport . |
| 5 | Since Fizz has gone to a better place and Bunny has n't been around , it 's improved immeasurably . |
| 6 | This enabled each bottle to start in an almost horizontal position , but finish perpendicular having gone through a full 90° of movement without leaving the hole . |
| 7 | Since Washington imposed economic sanctions on Panama last year , its economy has gone into a steep decline . |
| 8 | McLeish , who remembered that she had been left £200,000 outright , received this as further evidence that the young woman had gone into a massive sulk after her uncle 's unexpected death . |
| 9 | In the two years since the idea of a European bank was first mooted , the Soviet Union has gone from a net contributor to the bank 's budget to potentially its largest beneficiary . |
| 10 | The thing has gone through a tidal change and we know pay attention to the views of women themselves . |
| 11 | The plane had gone into a steep descent and an explosion ripped the air . |
| 12 | St Matthew 's School has gone through a difficult patch in the last few years . |
| 13 | The successors to Martin Sadler 's company have gone for a whole new line of Stephen Jones-designed boats , making the Tony Castro-designed boat surplus to requirements . |
| 14 | Murphy , whose face had gone through a perfect pantomime of reactions during her speech , now nodded silently , his complexion purple . |