Example sentences of "gone to [be] " in BNC.

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1 And then , Gone to be with Jesus . ’
2 The Children 's Act which came into force In October 1991 means that words like custody and access have gone to be replaced by residence and contact .
3 ‘ You have perfectly adequate protection , Colonel , ’ he said in his infuriatingly soft tone of voice , the abrasive Scots edge he could so easily manage gone to be replaced by a soothing , British unflappability .
4 There was a lot of laughter , not the least when someone asked the whereabouts of Alan and Joy , and I said that Alan had gone to be induced !
5 ‘ Matthew 's gone to be a sailor .
6 It is a ledger , the size and solidity of an old-fashioned accounts book , with broken corners and an air of belonging to that grey period which is too far gone to be new but not yet far enough off to be old .
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