Example sentences of "had gone to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although most residents were being relocated in any of the 34 remaining council homes for the elderly , some had gone to private homes and some had gone to other counties to be closer to relatives . |
| 2 | Although most residents were being relocated in any of the 34 remaining council homes for the elderly , some had gone to private homes and some had gone to other counties to be closer to relatives . |
| 3 | It must have been a popular book as it had gone to five editions by 1656 , and twenty-four editions by 1744 . |
| 4 | The most worrying aspect of all , for Corby , however , was that many parents felt they were kept in the dark about what was happening , so that while there were exceptions , and in some cases social workers had gone to great lengths to explain the system and the likely outcomes , in two cases the parents were not aware until later in the process that they and their children were the subjects of child abuse investigations . |
| 5 | The head had gone to great lengths to buy his own school rather than work in the state sector precisely so that he could be king-pin with nobody telling him what to do . |
| 6 | It may be that the IRA , fearing informers , had gone to such lengths to restrict the knowledge of where the ‘ active service unit ’ was that it was unable to warn them that their presence was compromised . |
| 7 | Although most residents were being relocated in any of the 34 remaining council homes for the elderly , some had gone to private homes and some had gone to other counties to be closer to relatives . |
| 8 | Although most residents were being relocated in any of the 34 remaining council homes for the elderly , some had gone to private homes and some had gone to other counties to be closer to relatives . |
| 9 | Chris Walton , prosecuting , said two women had gone to two branches of Boots in Darlington and using a stolen cheque book , obtained £40 worth of gift vouchers . |
| 10 | Here , someone had gone to considerable lengths to get the cushions toning in nicely with the curtains . |
| 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 | By 5th November , 1856 , 1,050 applications had been received ; g by 5th December , 1,628 sets of conditions had been despatched ; and two months later , four months after the start of the competition , Hall told the House of Commons that 1,791 had been despatched , of which at least 270 had gone to foreign competitors . |
| 13 | Helen had gone to some lengths over the picnic ; the recipe book included a relevant section , she discovered . |
| 14 | His eyes had gone to positive slits by now . |