Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Victor and I go back a long way . |
| 2 | Ali and I go back a long way . |
| 3 | Yes , Nicole and I go back a long way , and yes , you could say that we 're involved on more than just a superficial level . |
| 4 | so she goes back a long way . |
| 5 | She let out a long whistle , and heard him chuckle . |
| 6 | The cross-examination which followed was alarming , and interspersed with words sounding like hepatitis and malaria as she filled in a long questionnaire with a series of Niets and Das . |
| 7 | And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form . |
| 8 | Nice , very nice , you went up a long hall toward , as soon as you got er through the doors it was very nice really , quite , quite something for Caldmore anyway . |
| 9 | The two of you go back a long way . ’ |
| 10 | She gave out a long sigh . |
| 11 | We fled down a long avenue towards the river . |
| 12 | We go back a long way , me and God , and from his first words I could tell that this was going to be a difficult call . |
| 13 | But I hope he will ; we go back a long way . |
| 14 | We go back a long way . ’ |
| 15 | We go back a long way , he and I. " |
| 16 | ‘ I mean that we go back a long way , and yes , there 's a very special relationship between us , but that 's because … ’ another pause , and he raked his fingers through his hair in a helpless , frustrated gesture ‘ … it was her sister I fell in love with all those years ago . ’ |
| 17 | But a doctor , one of the doctors in the same hospital saying , that the , during the First World War , when they were so desperate , you know , so many casualties , they had to cut short treatment , and they had to bandage men up and leave them bandaged up a long length of , they found it was often better to leave a wound bandaged up in it 's own |
| 18 | They go back a long way . |
| 19 | She saw him pick up a long strip of heavy material . |
| 20 | Instead was a happy medley of Luke laughing , of taking her hand as they ran up a long flight of grey stone steps towards some vague but wonderful journey 's end . |
| 21 | She paused , then added , ‘ It goes back a long way . ’ |
| 22 | Everyone knows that , it goes back a long way . |
| 23 | I said , well , I , there must be summat there , out there , she said no , he said , she said it goes back a long time . |
| 24 | It let out a long clang . |
| 25 | He moved over a long time ago from playing an SG Standard and an ES-345 when he found his beloved fixed-bridge ‘ 64 Stratocaster , which is standard apart from an extra treble-boost toggle switch . |
| 26 | He let out a long breath and raised his hands to cover both ears . |
| 27 | He let out a long breath then turned to look at Hitch . |
| 28 | He let out a long breath . |
| 29 | He took out a long piece of paper , and read : |
| 30 | The phone rang , and he reached out a long arm and hooked it up . |