Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] gone [adv prt] a " 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 | His business has gone down a third . |
3 | Things have really taken off , our whole output has gone up a notch . |
4 | The sort of fellow who gets an erection when he hears the bank rate 's gone up a tenth of a percent . |
5 | The size of the speaker has gone up a notch here to 10″ , with the dimension of the ports increased accordingly . |
6 | Petrol 's gone down a bit . |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | 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 . |