Example sentences of "they have go [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd gone from legless to stone cold sober in nothing flat . |
| 2 | Dozens of times they 'd gone in single file when they came to the narrow place , made narrow by a growth of gorse . |
| 3 | Cold water fish and then er what are generally known as tropical fish which are basically fresh water tropical fish , and maybe this last fifteen years or so , er a step up from that they 've gone onto tropical marine fish . |
| 4 | The Sanpro industry as a whole has been quick to wheel out the public relations machinery , and they 've gone to great lengths to reassure women that there really is n't any danger at all . |
| 5 | Her expression was wistful , reminiscent , as she recalled how , once they had gone up endless stairs and were seated on the hard wooden benches , an attendant had come along and pushed them all closer and closer together so that as many spectators as possible could be packed in . |
| 6 | We recognized that they had gone through troublous times before . |
| 7 | All fees were abolished — they had gone from elementary schools in 1918 , at the end of the First World War , and now parents in Cardiff would not have to pay ten guineas per annum for access to Blake and Donne . |
| 8 | The floors are inexpensively tiled , though they have gone to great lengths to achieve the right effect . |
| 9 | Corporate concern in the US tuna industry has been far more interested in maintaining profits than in saving dolphins , and they have gone to great lengths to protect their commercial interests . |
| 10 | A spokesman said : ‘ They have gone to great lengths to gather information useful to criminals . ’ |
| 11 | Charles Eldred-Evans , for the Red Cross , said : ‘ Provided they have gone for good , that would be a big step along the road to resolving the problem . |
| 12 | The man who 's just won an election usually thinks things have gone from to better and the man who 's lost it thinks they have gone from bad to worse . |
| 13 | You do n't have to go to Amsterdam first , but you come to Heathrow , a lot of people assume they have to go to right into London . |