Example sentences of "[vb infin] gone [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although Forest should have gone ahead within a minute .
2 Farrar was educated at the Rev. Thomas Arnold 's private oral school at Northampton and was a child prodigy who passed both the London University and Cambridge University examinations by the time he was 17 , and could no doubt have gone on towards a degree had he been inclined to do so .
3 Experts said that if the bombs had penetrated any part of the cigar-shaped cylinders they would have gone off like a rocket , smashing into nearby homes .
4 Something must have come up , and she must have gone off in a hurry .
5 And he said : ‘ That mob could have gone in against a team containing Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier and looked after themselves .
6 But Blades manager Dave Bassett reflected on his early days in charge of Vinny Jones and Co. at Wimbledon and said : ‘ That mob could have gone in against a team containing Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier and looked after themselves .
7 ‘ Would he have gone out on a limb for anyone other than David ?
8 ‘ Must have gone out in a hurry .
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