Example sentences of "gone [adv] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would this have gone on forever if a grey-eyed inglésa had not stormed into our lives ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 3 | The result is a discourse in which certain expressions , such as " the river had not gone away either or the mountains " ( p. 31 ) must be interpreted as " literally " representing the perceptions of the people , whereas for us they would normally have to be interpreted metaphorically . |
| 4 | ‘ I have not gone any further than the evidence allowed , ’ Boaz said . |
| 5 | dressing gown and it had just gone straight up and the flame |
| 6 | John Matthews , chairman of the CIA energy committee , said that a recent CIA investment survey had shown that although investment had dropped from £2000m in 1991 to £1600m–£1800m in 1992 , the amount invested in health , safety and the environment had gone up considerably and the amount invested in energy efficiency had remained level . |
| 7 | They have also gone up faster than the national figures . |
| 8 | Passing lamp-lit windows through which they could see sleeping Japanese soldiers and men talking in small groups , they had gone as far as a machine-gun post among the buildings — probably part of the anti-aircraft defences-when a Japanese soldier came up . |
| 9 | She asked whether he had gone as far as the well-pit and the El-ahrairah of Laburnum . |
| 10 | They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak . |
| 11 | He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream . |