Example sentences of "had gone into a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The record industry in both Britain and America had gone into a worldwide recession , and Virgin were as vulnerable to its effects as anybody else .
2 Soon after his kidnap Tom had gone into a serious depression — he suffered from them periodically .
3 The then modish humanity had gone into a violent reaction against the ancient severity , ‘ and might almost be supposed to see in the fact of having lost or squandered other people 's property a peculiar title to indulgence . ‘
4 The plane had gone into a steep descent and an explosion ripped the air .
5 McLeish , who remembered that she had been left £200,000 outright , received this as further evidence that the young woman had gone into a massive sulk after her uncle 's unexpected death .
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