Example sentences of "[vb infin] gone [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Some cannon-balls may have gone through between the masts , but clearly most had not .
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 The fact that a sociologist was witnessing the interviews make it all the more certain they would be conducted with scrupulous care , but there was no way he would be given access to the extra-legal deals which may well have gone on outside the interview room or later during a prison visit for ‘ write-offs ’ .
4 Sponge-fishing may also have gone on from the ports , though there is no direct evidence of it .
5 ‘ If Gebrec was upset or worried about something and just wanted to be alone to think things over , ’ said Jack , ‘ he might have gone up to the belvedere , or down by the river where we went yesterday to do our painting . ’
6 Surely Ashenden would have gone up to the Pay-Out desk immediately , if he 'd been there especially since that was the only time he was going to be in the betting-shop .
7 The Indians had taken the radio telephones ( they 'd have gone off with the genny if they 'd had a crane ) and Caracas thought they 'd just broken down again so came as per normal .
8 Queen Mary had such an eye for antiques , you see , if she 'd seen them , she 'd have gone off with the lot .
9 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 .
10 Something must have come up , and she must have gone off in a hurry .
11 ‘ So the bomb must have gone off in the committee room .
12 It is a remote and inaccessible area and he would never have gone off in the dark .
13 Without Fergie 's influence , for example , she would never have gone along to the Berkeley Square night club , Annabel 's , as she did on the night of Prince Andrew 's stag party , with Fergie and comedienne Pamela Stephenson , both of them dressed up as policewomen .
14 She must have gone back over the cards much later , when she was old .
15 You should have gone back to the optician when you had the eye infection , as this was clear evidence that there was something wrong .
16 And he said : ‘ That mob could have gone in against a team containing Mike Tyson and Joe Frazier and looked after themselves .
17 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 .
18 Rather too pertinent , I thought , for the place 's original dweller , who must have gone down to the Atlantic in a small boat on many a stormy night .
19 She thought Finn must have gone down to the workroom .
20 I could have gone down to the café and talked literature with the lads , but there did n't seem to be much point without Jim and Anna .
21 Normally I would have gone down in the passenger pod , but of course the pod was back on Uulaa .
22 And when Benn started hitting him with those big shots in the 11th , the textbook should have gone out of the window for the animal instinct to take over but he did n't have it the way I had against Benn and Michael Watson , unfortunately .
23 Horribly frightened by this time , for she could not believe that Susan would have gone out of the house , she ran into the kitchen , and stopped short at the sight of the familiar figure sitting crouched in front of the fire .
24 If she had not met the man at that particular moment , she would not have gone out to the highway and she would not have met Flynn .
25 Well the skipper of the hopper , he get into trouble for that cos he should have gone out to the dumping ground .
26 So they all must have gone out for the dinner .
27 As you will see in the following chapters , a British Open-winning caddie will not only have his yardages at his fingertips , but will also have gone out at the crack of dawn measuring up again before each round after studying where all the pin positions are .
28 ‘ Would he have gone out on a limb for anyone other than David ?
29 ‘ Poor little thing , must have gone out through the cat door .
30 ‘ Must have gone out in a hurry .
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