Example sentences of "had [adv] [adv] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found herself peering into nooks and crannies , not that he could manage to conceal himself into one , with his breadth , and was almost disappointed when she realised that he had most probably gone out . |
| 2 | He had only just gone over there . |
| 3 | Oppression lay on me like a dead beast , not gaunt and stiff-legged like the animals which lay where they had dropped along the desert road , but soft and smothering like something from which the breath had only just gone . |
| 4 | She must be dreaming , but surely she had only just gone to sleep . |
| 5 | Christmas had only just gone , and now the mornings were bright . |
| 6 | The windows have heavy moulded oak mullions mortised into massive oak sills and lintels , a reminder that in the heyday of the Lugg valley , medieval stone mullions had only recently gone out of fashion . |
| 7 | It was unclear whether the restoration would be recognized as constitutionally valid by the USSR authorities by their giving the Crimea a seat on the Federation Council ( a recent spate of autonomous regions ' and districts ' unilaterally proclaiming themselves ASSRs , and indeed of ASSRs ' proclaiming themselves full republics , had so far gone unrecognized — see pp. 37664 ; 37788 ) . |
| 8 | True , he was no oil painting , but she had long passed the age of needing good looks about her , and anyway , she admitted to herself with disarming frankness , her own beauty had long since gone . |
| 9 | Other staff had long since gone home . |
| 10 | His wife and daughters had long since gone to bed . |
| 11 | The Airds had long since gone to bed . |
| 12 | The photographer had long since gone , but Kevin Seymour and I pored over the yacht 's considerable folio of charts while we discussed in detail the cruises that have been sketched in so lightly in the previous paragraphs . |
| 13 | Jacqui 's flat was on the top floor and the bulb in the light on her landing had long since gone and not been replaced . |
| 14 | He had long since gone dead on politicians . |
| 15 | Whoever had been here had long since gone . |
| 16 | The golden fillet and the richness of his dress and his harness were all he carried that would identify him , for his banner was on the Forth and his pennant had long since gone . |
| 17 | No. 9 had long since gone to bed , so I crept up the stairs as quietly as I could . |
| 18 | President Mitterrand emphasised that improvements to the European infrastructure and the transport network had not yet gone far enough , a view echoed by Mrs Thatcher . |
| 19 | Which were still dark ; the people had not yet gone upstairs to bed . |
| 20 | If he had not actually gone into the room he would not have seen Gina ; she was standing against one of the bookcases hidden from him by the open door . |
| 21 | One Saturday at about 3 o'clock when the 2.47 had not long gone through and he had put the ‘ line clear ’ through , he was standing at the window and saw the lad . |
| 22 | Sometimes he would even say that Tom had not only gone home but had subsequently died of cancer . |
| 23 | Fortunately the Royal Hotel was on the front , and they had not far to go . |
| 24 | On this occasion he effectively vetoed the possibility that Hoare might become Viceroy , on the ground that no Secretary of State for India had ever previously gone to Calcutta or Delhi . |
| 25 | ‘ He told me he had once nearly gone in for psychiatry . |
| 26 | It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits . |
| 27 | Alison had rung to say that she was coming up to London for an appointment and could they lunch at a restaurant to which they had both occasionally gone when working at Brentwoods , if they happened to be feeling affluent . |
| 28 | As she was drugged up to the eyeballs on arrival , she had n't yet gone into shock but they were expecting it and , if she survived , then miracles could be performed . |
| 29 | I used to sit outside the job centre , then come home and say , " I have applied , but I had to send in an application form " , and I had n't even gone in there . |
| 30 | The spots then started disappearing , so I went training even though they had n't completely gone . |