Example sentences of "[adv] gone " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had only gone out socially with his secretary for after-work drinks and may then have only been less formal than if her were at work . ’ |
| 2 | There had in fact only been one occasion during those last years that Lewis could remember and he was sure Adam had only gone because there had been a promise of some shooting . |
| 3 | I 'd only gone part of the way when I collided with Dad . |
| 4 | ‘ We knew the water was dangerous and had only gone in to our knees . |
| 5 | He 's only gone and confiscated DJ 's entire record collection . |
| 6 | Knowing my luck I 'll only be able to afford a weekend break in Bognor Regis , especially as my measly wage has only gone up by fourpence in the last two years . |
| 7 | I 'd only gone say two weeks without it , but it takes a lot longer than that to actually sort yourself out , anyway … . |
| 8 | The share price has only gone down because the market is generally down . |
| 9 | you know , thought back to , if I 'd of only gone to Yorkshire , gone back to Manchester , I 'd of felt my roots , see I was born in Manchester , and |
| 10 | He said , well I only live next door you know in a , in a village school quite obviously they all lived nearby and he was only gone about two or three minutes and he came back and once again , the young lady will know , but erm men might not know , I know , skirt hangers , you know skirt hangers , they 're on springs are n't they ? |
| 11 | We had only gone a few steps when a voice called out from across the street . |
| 12 | Sometimes he would even say that Tom had not only gone home but had subsequently died of cancer . |
| 13 | When you ask him for leave to serve him on this mission he will welcome it as the solution to his anxieties , for even if you are only gone from Kinsai for a time , it will seem to him that you do not mean to impose upon his favour . ’ |
| 14 | We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . |
| 15 | I 've only gone since er , erm you know I say Michael 'd be seventeen you know , it must be like twenty years er you know . |
| 16 | Then he said , ‘ She 's only gone and cut me off , has n't she ? ’ |
| 17 | " Surely she 's only gone to stay with her family . |
| 18 | He had only gone a short distance , when he found himself stepping into a small moonlit clearing , some twenty yards across . |
| 19 | Thomson 's free kick Pearce gets it clear and then won back by Hill but has only gone back to the Forest skipper . |
| 20 | My friend says that George was only gone for five minutes , but when he returned from the toilet he said that he had been captured , flown to Venus and then forced to have sex with several beautiful Venusian lasses , who required his ‘ superior seed for the creation of a cosmic super race ’ . |
| 21 | But she had only gone two steps when Guido spoke again . |
| 22 | ‘ He was convinced you 'd only gone home to England to break the news to your family , then you were coming back to marry him . |
| 23 | He was only gone a moment or two and when he returned he was holding the complete clasp . |
| 24 | He was only gone a minute , and when he returned , it was with a couple in their fifties who were holding hands as if they were desperately hanging on to reality . |
| 25 | He had only gone to Karlovy Vary to deliver a package — and look at the time , nearly four o'clock ! |
| 26 | But todsay Cranog Jones told the court he 'd only gone into the garage to de-tune her car after they 'd had an argument . |
| 27 | ‘ Fortunately , the nail had only gone into his chest wall and did not enter his lungs , we shall keep him here for a day or two under observation . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd only gone to that debate because my wife was a steward . ’ |
| 29 | In the second incident , involving the credit card , he had only gone along for the ride , and had not used the card himself , said Mr Harper . |
| 30 | Yet the substance had only gone on to the Jockey Club 's list of prohibited substances a mere ten months before Aliysa failed her dope test . |