Example sentences of "had go [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 After circling and playing together for probably a minute , the fins had lazily disappeared and Yanto had gone home a mystified man .
3 We had gone about a hundred yards when one particular house caught my eye .
4 They had gone about a hundred and fifty yards when a figure in blue combat gear loomed up and signalled them to stop .
5 Mait had gone only a short distance when he heard the faint beep from above .
6 He had gone only a few yards however when the horse hurled him over a precipice to his death .
7 But he had gone only a few paces when she called to him .
8 But she had gone only a few paces before she turned and stared back at the door , a strong sense of oddness — of wrongness — holding her in its grip .
9 She had gone only a little way however , when she stopped to check her map and , to her consternation found that when she turned the ignition on again her car would n't go !
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