Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] gone [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Her initial nerves had all gone now although it still felt strange to be on a catwalk rather than the carpeted floor of the room at the Grand Hotel .
2 But we had already gone further than that and use child resistant caps on products wherever we can .
3 I had not gone far before the rain started and it soon became a sluicing downpour that never abated all day .
4 They had not gone far when again the clerk heard that long , moaning howl .
5 They left the house by the same route by which they had entered , though had not gone far when her escort stopped to exchange a few words with an odd-job man who was undertaking a minor repair near some outbuildings .
6 We had n't gone far before we spied the punt entangled in the branches of a willow which had collapsed into the stream .
7 Sarah was worried because it was getting late , and when at last she was out of the hospital she started walking quickly towards Clerkenwell , but she had n't gone far before a hackney cab drew up .
8 But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain .
9 She had n't gone far when she heard Nick wailing behind her , ‘ Carrie , wait for me , wait … ’
10 She set off with only a little food and she had n't gone far when a small boy appeared right in the middle of the road .
11 They had n't gone far when at the side of the road they saw a small boy .
12 She had n't gone far when Alain joined her , and he simply matched his pace to suit her own , saying nothing at all .
13 However , we had n't gone more than a few yards when she stopped and turned around .
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