Example sentences of "gone [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally the decoration was in rich mosaic and marble but much of this has gone due to looting during the Fourth Crusade . |
| 2 | There is some evidence that wild populations of mice have , in the past , gone extinct through epidemics of t genes . |
| 3 | That the South American mammals might have gone extinct in the early Pleistocene as a consequence of competition from the North American invaders has already been noted , though we should take due account of the caveats of Marshall ( 1981 ) . |
| 4 | A big cat that has only recently gone extinct is the sabre-tooth ( " tiger " ) , named after its colossal canine teeth which jutted down from the upper jaw in the front of what must have been a terrifying gape . |
| 5 | Nancy Henstead who 's a regional nurse from Oxford Regional Health Authority says ‘ nurses already play a substantial role in the day to day running of hospitals , but until now , they 've gone unrecognised for it ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's gone private ’ |
| 7 | Most had ‘ gone private ’ in order to avoid NHS waiting lists or to take advantage of their health insurance . |
| 8 | He said the figure included people who no longer needed treatment , those who had gone private and failed to inform the health authority , and those who were reassessed . |
| 9 | Well since they 've gone private |
| 10 | It was unclear whether the restoration would be recognized as constitutionally valid by the USSR authorities by their giving the Crimea a seat on the Federation Council ( a recent spate of autonomous regions ' and districts ' unilaterally proclaiming themselves ASSRs , and indeed of ASSRs ' proclaiming themselves full republics , had so far gone unrecognized — see pp. 37664 ; 37788 ) . |
| 11 | After Sandwich it was just as if you 'd gone deaf — no spectator noise , only four people watching ! |
| 12 | ‘ We 've gone deaf ! ’ |
| 13 | The second of the new partners engaged in 1909 was Geoffrey Hobson , a brilliant scholar , who had gone deaf after passing exams both to the Bar and the Foreign Office . |
| 14 | When you walk into one of those cabins , you would swear you 'd just gone deaf . |
| 15 | His angry , red face said , ‘ Have you gone deaf , boy ? |
| 16 | I knew how the Hunchback of Notre Dame had gone deaf , with the tinnitus for ever in his head . |
| 17 | Then I bought , yeah , I said I feel as if I 've gone deaf you know what I mean , cos there 's no |
| 18 | Cos you think I 've gone deaf ! |
| 19 | Listen , went out to this shop with my friend and she 's gone deaf , seriously she has . |
| 20 | For just a minute I got gone deaf . |
| 21 | Anyway it stopped , I thought I 'd gone deaf ! |
| 22 | He 's gone deaf you know . |
| 23 | They usually moan when the engine is low on oil or if the oil relief valve plunger spring has gone weak This is mounted on the top of the oil cooler between the union and the pipe Removing the spring and replacing with a new one or sometimes stretching the spring cures the groaning noise Whilst the groan sounds awful it is not actually detrimental to the operation of the vehicle |
| 24 | She is worried about me not eating , she is worried that my periods have stopped , that I look thinner and thinner , that my hair has gone dry and flat and rasps like paper when you touch it , but she also admires me . |
| 25 | Peter 's mouth had gone dry . |
| 26 | Her mouth had gone dry again , fear writhed through her . |
| 27 | His mouth had gone dry . |
| 28 | My throat 's gone dry , my nose is tingling . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps it 's all run to the bottom , or gone dry . ’ |
| 30 | Her throat had gone dry . |