Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] gone [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was over , the top of his head ached where it had been crammed up against the headboard and there were red marks just below his knees where his legs had gone over the footboard . |
| 2 | These offers were meant to demonstrate that the two younger brothers had gone to the very limit of reasonable concessions , and hence would bear no guilt for the casualties of battle . |
| 3 | If only there is a way — ’ And stopped , because Nuadu 's eyes had gone to the silver door . |
| 4 | Then of course , then when they the kids went up , did n't know where they were going , and the parents did n't know but they found new found freedom because all the bloody kids had gone to the countryside |
| 5 | So you wish a dozen anti-Fascists had gone to the hospital , do you ? ’ |
| 6 | The brakes had gone at the same corner where he rolled last year . |
| 7 | ‘ Cynics say — cynics have already said — when your preaching is done , when your lofty words have gone with the wind , when the media has departed to tell another tale , the world will forget . |
| 8 | All the Smarties have gone from the plates which now have small pink morsels on . |
| 9 | One of the North Sea rigs has gone on the blink . |
| 10 | It was held that this was insufficient information to give an arrestee , and the constable who arrested in those circumstances had gone beyond the scope of his duty since he was exercising his admitted power improperly . |
| 11 | Tonight Mr Deputy Speaker , the Conservatives have gone through the motions . |
| 12 | Although most have gained , half of the total giveaway in terms of benefits and tax reductions has gone to the richest 10 per cent of households . |
| 13 | The in-house survey referred to above found that 78 per cent of the weekend guests had gone to the hotel because they had read it offered leisure facilities . |
| 14 | As the weeks had gone by the other girl had dropped more and more blatant hints about the fact that she was having an affair with her employer . |
| 15 | Annie Get Your Gun , opening on November 25 , has sold 25,000 tickets , and 80,000 seats have gone for the revival of Barnum , which opens on December 17 with Paul Nicholas in the starring role . |
| 16 | Amid the build-up to the great birthday extravaganza , North Korea watchers have gone on the alert for signs of the president handing over power to Kim Jong Il . |
| 17 | The ICRC in Geneva denied allegations that the ICRC delegates had gone beyond the limits of their competence within the Geneva conventions . |
| 18 | Senior mandarins had gone to the trouble of finding accommodation for Labour 's promised Ministry for Women . |
| 19 | Rhoda said to Bruno that perhaps all Wendy 's brains had gone into the baby . |
| 20 | The one disappointment for the group was in finding that all the bananas had gone by the time they got in . |
| 21 | I had called round at the house early in the week to check on how things had gone over the weekend . |
| 22 | Well , all those things had gone in the parcels , parcels that Kathleen had been obliged to carry down to the post office in five separate journeys , parcels that were heavy and had cost altogether two pounds four shillings to send . |
| 23 | Even the hobby horse and the toy puppets had gone from the windows , leaving only the plastic holly behind . |
| 24 | But this year organisers have gone in the other direction , increasing the number of participants from 20 to 32 while shortening the length of the competition . |
| 25 | Several managers have gone in the past ten days , including Ken Marr , marketing director , Charles Cottam , sales director and Bill Walker , marketing . |
| 26 | Small livestock farmers have gone to the wall in their thousands . |
| 27 | Does the Minister accept that in a recession in which many small businesses have gone to the wall , their failure is often identified with the late payment by large companies of their debts ? |
| 28 | ‘ There is a dangerous rising afoot against Duke William in Normandy , and half my lord Osbern 's relatives have gone to the aid of the Duke , the flesh-seeking spears in their hands . |
| 29 | I do n't think I 'll bother to answer the remarks that others need to say of course tremendous resources have gone into the health service over the past few years , but I think whatever government is in power , it will never be enough for all the new developments in the health service , and that is always the trouble , whoever would be there would find it difficult . |
| 30 | Their principles have gone by the board . |