Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have go " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were glad to see it , as they had packed some food in one of the suitcases , and directly the porter had gone they set about preparing a meal . |
| 2 | Thirty minutes and the tent had gone . |
| 3 | To date almost 100 graduates have participated in the GEP and the majority have gone on to successfully launch their own businesses . |
| 4 | The expression on her face was strange — part sympathy , part derision — and the weakness had gone from her voice . |
| 5 | He had helped the police recover all but £388 worth of the items , and had no idea where the remainder had gone . |
| 6 | He sat there afterwards , when the Prince had gone , staring down at his hands . |
| 7 | The Prince has gone to Brussels , and he wants you there as well . ’ |
| 8 | The valet had gone down on his knees , his head pressed to the floor , his whole body visibly shaking . |
| 9 | As the euphoria had gone along with an irrational faith in the Gaullist saviour , so the deepening disillusionment of 1945 , essentially an adjustment to reality , was reflected in a desanctification of the saviour figure . |
| 10 | The mike 's gone again . |
| 11 | Europe now produces more food than she needs and has for some years been supporting a section of industry that provides employment for less than 1% of our National workforce ; good for British agriculture , but how much better if the support had gone to those industries that took up a greater proportion of the work force , i.e. the engineers with 10% . |
| 12 | There should have been a yellow one too but the bulb had gone . |
| 13 | He pulled the cover off the switch and realized that the bulb had gone . |
| 14 | Mackie came through from having breakfasted with Perkin saying she wanted to know how the trial had gone . |
| 15 | Previously the award had gone to composers and arrangers . |
| 16 | This is the first time that the award has gone to somebody from the hotel and catering industry , or indeed from the service sector as a whole . |
| 17 | The runner has gone into it and told the story of the battle . |
| 18 | Filming stopped the entire unit decamped for lunch , and then had to abandon the scene as the tide had gone out and the puffer dropped from its previous position at the pier . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | Meanwhile the East End of the city looks like a polluted , litter-strewn beach after the tide has gone out : derelict , depressed , abandoned . |
| 21 | She would let him stay at the breast long after the milk had gone and the gentle , pulling movement as he continued to suck though he was no longer hungry were soothing . |
| 22 | He looked up in bewilderment and noticed the self-assurance had gone from her eyes . |
| 23 | At best , he would now only send fresh generals against the Christian force ; but even after El Cid 's death , much of the heart had gone out of the Moorish invaders . |
| 24 | The tour went on without them , but all the heart had gone out of it . |
| 25 | The heart had gone out of the day . |
| 26 | They still call it melton ; but look at the difference : the heart has gone right out of the cloth . |
| 27 | You 'd certainly say the heart has gone from the land hereabouts , would n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | And why not , when the afternoon had gone so well ? |
| 29 | The shy 19-year-old who married the heir to the throne has gone on to shake the British monarchy to its roots . |
| 30 | Indeed , if all else had failed — if the supplies had seldom been delivered on time , if the contras had declined to fight , if the money had gone astray , if the planes had crashed — the cause was still something that was simply right , whatever sort of mess had resulted . |