Example sentences of "the [noun] have gone [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Since then Allison Gregg and Alan Neale have changed solicitors twice , and even won a court order against the developer , awarding them £51,000 , money they did n't get because the developer had gone bust .
2 Roy 's customers think the council has gone bananas .
3 After the Australians had gone Pommie-bashing with a humiliating 6-0 victory , Kerly said : ‘ I 'll play the last two remaining pool matches , and then that will be it .
4 The Gruntes had gone thehere was Hyacinth Scragg .
5 When the housekeeper had gone Luce was about to push the tray aside when the appetising smell of beef and peppers and tomatoes stayed her hand .
6 Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end .
7 and then they computer people , and it , both the firms have gone bust , and each one was suing from the other for , er , insurance
8 Since her death , the trustees have gone public — anonymous gifts have been replaced by open ones in memory of the three sisters .
9 When the woman had gone Anna was left in a very distressed state but she declined to say what had passed between her and the visitor .
10 The demise of the Church has gone hand in hand with that of the Royal Family , and there are growing calls for the Church to be ‘ disestablished ’ — severing its traditional link with the monarchy .
11 I 'll swear all the clocks in the world have gone centuries slower since I came here .
12 The world has gone ma .
13 On day one the angels had gone blotchy , the butterflies off their food , so I treated the tank with copper .
14 Even now that the company has gone public , some 40 per cent of shares remain in the hands of staff or former staff .
15 She decided then that the conversation had gone Chambers ' way long enough .
16 And I looked up and the sea had gone calm .
17 The fleet had gone east to Lantic Bay that day , and the first boats were already returning on the first of the ebb .
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