Example sentences of "have gone [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is unlikely that he would have gone to a children 's home in the first place and stayed for as long as he did before fostering was tried .
2 He was in any case visibly touched that I should have gone to the lengths of copying the essay ; but in those days no other method of putting him in possession of it was available .
3 Why could n't I just have gone to the cops and reported my stuff missing ? 'Cos I was missing myself , that 's why .
4 But it was still ‘ very much incredible prospect ’ , as Richardson put it ; and Reynolds thought that the mention in the same memo of Colonel Ghadaffi 's attempt to buy the hostages was just as interesting as what might have gone to the contras .
5 I could have gone to the authorities , he thought , asked for help .
6 But I would have thought that one lot of er papers would either have gone to the archives office or er been retained in the Advertiser if they amalgamated at some time .
7 I am sure I would have gone to the Crusades and done my bit , although that might just have been the racist in me or my natural desire to loot .
8 I should have gone to the children 's matinée but the serial , Spider Man , was too frightening .
9 For example … / in the old days a man of my standing would never have gone to the shops ; everything would be sent to his house : grain , chillies , cotton , cloth .
10 Otherwise , I 'd have gone to the police when Sam did n't show up yesterday . ’
11 Joseph was shocked at the sight of his master , and would have gone to the police , if Heathcliff had n't forced me to describe what happened .
12 It could n't have been hit by a missile because we know there are no missile-carrying planes around — even if there were , a heat-seeking missile , the only type that could nail it at that altitude , would have gone for the engines , not the nose cone .
13 ‘ We should have gone with the others .
14 Su'a said he thought the ball would otherwise have gone over the sticks .
15 He would never have gone into the woods with her .
16 I would n't have thought he would have gone into the woods with Angela Brickell .
17 If there had only been some way they could have gone in the doors of University College together and come home on the bus each night , or better still got a flat together , life would have been perfect .
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