Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] gone [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Biochemistry , I see Mrs Hayman 's cholesterol has gone down a bit — Lizzie 's chest X-ray — haematology , Betty 's haemoglobin 's not too good — oh , the Hazell family 's tissue-typing results — ’ She gazed at them shaking her head sadly .
2 And she was on his knee , and their arms were round each other , and though the sun had gone down the garden at that moment was glorious , full of a blaze of splendour that surrounded them like a halo .
3 His business has gone down a third .
4 Things have really taken off , our whole output has gone up a notch .
5 The sort of fellow who gets an erection when he hears the bank rate 's gone up a tenth of a percent .
6 The size of the speaker has gone up a notch here to 10″ , with the dimension of the ports increased accordingly .
7 Petrol 's gone down a bit .
8 Yes it was sort of my library book 's gone down the back of my cupboard mummy !
9 She was blue when they carried her in , but it looks as though the stone has gone down the right way . ’
10 ‘ Only one thing about that pool , ’ Hugh said , depositing Jacqueline wrapped in a damp towel like a warm parcel in his wife 's arms , ‘ the tide 's gone down a bit .
11 At ten P M she did n't seem too great either , her temperature had gone up a little bit , but nevertheless , she slept on .
12 Well we was coming down , now the cooker 's gone up the Swannee !
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