Example sentences of "[noun] have go [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Biochemistry , I see Mrs Hayman 's cholesterol has gone down a bit — Lizzie 's chest X-ray — haematology , Betty 's haemoglobin 's not too good — oh , the Hazell family 's tissue-typing results — ’ She gazed at them shaking her head sadly .
2 His business has gone down a third .
3 Things have really taken off , our whole output has gone up a notch .
4 The sort of fellow who gets an erection when he hears the bank rate 's gone up a tenth of a percent .
5 fags have gone up a penny .
6 Fred says to me fa fags have gone up a penny .
7 The size of the speaker has gone up a notch here to 10″ , with the dimension of the ports increased accordingly .
8 Petrol 's gone down a bit .
9 No I think , I thought we still had a chance , albeit you know the odds had gone down a bit or increased , but er no I thought we still had a chance , it was gon na be harder because if we lost any more by the wayside then you know you 're gon na be , it would 've been very awkward .
10 ‘ Only one thing about that pool , ’ Hugh said , depositing Jacqueline wrapped in a damp towel like a warm parcel in his wife 's arms , ‘ the tide 's gone down a bit .
11 At ten P M she did n't seem too great either , her temperature had gone up a little bit , but nevertheless , she slept on .
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