Example sentences of "gone into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Light enveloped Ruth , a heatless blaze which seemed for an instant about to destroy her ; and then she was gone into a great space of darkness . |
| 2 | William Osborne 's project manager , Steve Answell , who was responsible for master-minding the nine-month building phase , commented ‘ The amount of detailed investigation and the thoroughness with which it has been done represents the most comprehensive thinking that has ever gone into a new lifeboat in all the thirty years I have been associated with building them . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Soon after his kidnap Tom had gone into a serious depression — he suffered from them periodically . |
| 5 | 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 . ‘ |
| 6 | His mind seemed to have gone into a paralysing panic . |
| 7 | This is the first time 3 forces have gone into a joint exercise from the outset and I think we 'll see that example spread right across the country to the extent where eventually the whole country will be given police air support . |
| 8 | ‘ With hindsight , perhaps we should n't have gone into a peripheral business , ’ he concedes . |
| 9 | It was as if he 'd gone into a different world . ’ |
| 10 | I want to er clean the floor before I take a load of stuff in , and I 'm not moving it twice , then there 's gone into a clean floor . |
| 11 | ‘ Then he must have gone into a steep dive . |
| 12 | The plane had gone into a steep descent and an explosion ripped the air . |
| 13 | Since Washington imposed economic sanctions on Panama last year , its economy has gone into a steep decline . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Social workers were given specific help in identifying their function to find ways to keep old people at home who might otherwise have gone into a residential home . |
| 16 | Once or twice my mum has even gone into a light trance , and , though she has n't yet contacted anyone interesting , we have great hopes of her . |