Example sentences of "[vb past] gone [adv] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With all the stuff that had gone on prior to the match and then the conditions we had to play in , the result could have been worse for Rangers but for our goalkeeper , ’ Gough admitted . |
| 2 | When I was there last year it cost only £12 : the rate had gone down due to the Gulf war and the fear of AIDS . |
| 3 | When Nathan ordered her to set up and engage the auto-helm she tried , desperately searching a mind that had gone totally blank for the sequence which would ensure that the boat remained on course . |
| 4 | This tacit admission that something had gone seriously wrong with the original expectation of atom-fired electricity ‘ too cheap to meter ’ has been one of the best kept secrets in the whole nuclear power debate . |
| 5 | Paul told police he had no idea why he and his friend had gone out armed with the bat . |