Example sentences of "[vb past] gone [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They 'd gone through the big field and up on to the common and the slope beyond which was where the wall was , half-ruined and easier to jump because of the gaps . |
| 2 | You know when we came back the next Saturday as we 've gone through the front door , he 'd gone to the Little Chef for breakfast because there were n't any crocks left to u , to use |
| 3 | The last time she and Arnie had eaten out they 'd gone to the local curry house where they went about four times a year . |
| 4 | She laughed happily , remembering the pains she 'd gone to the previous evening . |
| 5 | I saw now what I 'd known all the time , only I 'd hidden it craftily from myself because it did n't fit in with what I wanted to do , that Terry and I had no basis for a love-affair ; we were friends who happened to be attracted to each other physically , which was far from enough , and by thinking it was enough we 'd gone against the very nature of our relationship . |
| 6 | Two thousand miles to the east of St Petersburg , the boxcar was part of a long train that had started out in St Petersburg a week earlier and had gone along the Trans-Siberian Railway . |
| 7 | By 1990 it had gone through the familiar process : what started as a compromising fudge had been rationalized as yet another creative act of policy , fitting in with its unique character to a harmonious pattern of public service broadcasting . |
| 8 | The precariousness of personal ties was demonstrated by the gradual reduction in the numbers of those in positions of influence in both countries who had gone through the great co-operative experience of the Second World War and the early stages of the Cold War . |
| 9 | By the time I had gone through the narrow tunnel to pit the first film had already started and I had to use the reflection of the action on the faces of the audience to find a seat without too much of ‘ Here , Here ’ and ‘ Sit down nuh ! ’ . |
| 10 | You know you had gone through the whole C C Q and the priority was the pension , that 's what I got wrong . |
| 11 | The researchers had gone through the medical records for the whole period from 1959 , when Hinkley A was still being built , right through to 1986 . |
| 12 | I gently reeled in , got him to my hand and carefully removed the fly , which had gone through the thin beak membrane . |
| 13 | Yesterday Miss Stott 's grandparents said they believed she and her boyfriend , Peter Ellis , originally from Tyneside but working as a computer analyst in New Zealand for the past 18 months , had gone on the three-week holiday in order to get engaged and to share their love of jazz . |
| 14 | The main problem with MI6 at the time was that all the senior people were amateurs who had joined MI6 only because they had gone to the right school , wore the right sort of tie and dined at the right clubs . |
| 15 | It came to focus on a headhunting approach to find this talent , not necessarily people who had gone to the right schools and universities . |
| 16 | As well as acting as a surrogate mum to the hedgehogs , Christine has also given physiotherapy to tortoises and given the kiss of life to a pet rabbit , which everyone thought had gone to the great hutch in the sky . |
| 17 | Peter had gone to the New End PCC meeting . |
| 18 | In fact , within two years I had gone to the other extreme , washing shorts for lads who were old enough to do it for themselves , and baking cakes for the sole purpose of giving them away . |
| 19 | By the 16th century they had gone to the other extreme and were namby-pamby , play-acting affairs without genuine combat . |
| 20 | Cecilia turned somewhat fearfully back and saw that the man and the bear had gone to the far end of the coach where a woman not much younger than herself sat alone . |
| 21 | Fran exchanged pleasantries with her , curbing her impatience before finally asking if she knew where Luke had gone , and went weak with relief when the other woman informed her that he had gone to the old college . |
| 22 | He should go to the public source and get it : or , at any rate , not be in a better position than if he had gone to the public source . |
| 23 | Janine , stunned , had gone to the little girl sitting on the crate . |
| 24 | Driving along the Quay , Lucy thought about that morning when she had gone to the little bistro on the Place de Trainant to find Volkov . |
| 25 | Yesterday she had gone to the dingy little newsagent at the corner of the street to pay the paper bill , and to buy Matey a writing pad and envelopes , when she had seen on the counter a pile of postcards depicting society beauties . |
| 26 | In order to liven their party up , she had gone to the United Social Club in Green Street to find more guests . |
| 27 | The court heard that her husband had become suspicious early last year and had gone to the National Westminster bank asking them not to release any further cheque books . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | After he and Anne had gone to the Red Cross centre to help comfort some of his neighbours , he told a friend , ‘ Thank God , I 'm not poor ! ’ |
| 30 | Going to grammar school really made me isolated It was only a couple of miles away from where I lived but that 's a long way when you 're only 11 — years-old and all your mates from junior school had gone to the local comprehensive round the corner . |