Example sentences of "[vb past] gone [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he 'd gone a hundred yards Joseph saw a burly French colon cuff an Annamite coolie roughly about the head at the curbside after descending from his pousse-pousse . |
| 2 | She said if you went out alone in a tight skirt you were black and blue before you 'd gone a hundred yards . |
| 3 | And we 'd gone a roundabout way the last time we were there and I thought oh I 'll give it a go , anyway I walked straight down this road , have a look oh yes , turn up here anyway I , I sort of got me bearings and I thought oh yes it 's just down here he 's in the field just down there . |
| 4 | When he 'd gone the Annamese woman turned to stare apprehensively at her husband . |
| 5 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
| 6 | He 'd gone the last time , he reminded her , because of Lowell 's hands — well , partly . |
| 7 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
| 8 | She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot . |
| 9 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
| 10 | By the 1680s the old-fashioned cavalry of the pomeshchiks had disappeared as an independent force , the streltsy were restricted to internal policing duties , and Muscovy had gone a long way towards establishing a professional army . |
| 11 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
| 12 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
| 13 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
| 14 | After they had gone a complete silence that only reflected itself settled down like lead and was broken only by the sound of Moran removing his boots to go to bed early . |
| 15 | He was pointing at his chest which had gone a bright shade of orange . |
| 16 | Leeds , before the game , had gone a full season , plus three games without registering an away win — a total of 24 games . |
| 17 | As soon as he had gone a furious argument broke out . |
| 18 | The Officer had gone a few yards when he suddenly fell to the ground . |
| 19 | Then before I had gone a few yards I felt a tug on my back . |
| 20 | I had gone a few paces when there was a loud crashing explosion behind me . |
| 21 | I saw no signs and had gone a few miles before I saw my first human being . |
| 22 | The fact that the party 's final net loss was only eight seats indicated that Clinton 's popularity had gone a considerable way towards offsetting the effects of reapportionment . |
| 23 | Whisper it not at the British Heart Foundation , but we knew that , as well as the salt , into that dinner had gone a dozen eggs , a couple of pints of cream , half a pound of butter , a quarter-pound of sugar and about half a pint of Calvados . |
| 24 | Tenison 's face had gone a blotchy pink ; his eyes were staring . |
| 25 | According to them she had been at school that day and came out with them at the usual time and , as far as they knew , had gone the usual way home . |
| 26 | so there you , you get on the accounts you get a , a er , apparently , income er extension of the scheme budget by nearly four thousand pounds , three , eight , then you go back with what Lord was asking you about and I just want you to explain it if you can , if you ca n't tell me , as he drew your attention to surplus per audited account at August ninety nineteen one , a hundred and eight , eighty , so that , in fact the year ending nineteen ninety two , along these accounts we 're dealing with , in fact the expenditure of exceeded budget by nearly four thousand , the previous year er in nineteen ninety one er it had gone the other way that er |
| 27 | Experts say it 's good news for Rover , which could have been sold off if today 's European Court ruling had gone the other way . |
| 28 | The tramp choked a little , as if the gum he accepted and popped into his mouth had gone the wrong way . |