Example sentences of "go [art] long way [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 2 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 3 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
| 4 | The commander , a Yugoslav general , shuttles back and forth on direct flights instead of going the long way round through Turkey . |
| 5 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |
| 6 | To link small variations in a single protein with the existence of an all-purpose ‘ addictive personality ’ is to go a long way too far . |
| 7 | Had she gone the long way round , using a main road , she would only have added 10 minutes to her journey . |
| 8 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
| 9 | He went the long way home , but did not go down the little gang plank to the barge of a friend of his — a woman who kept ten or so cats on board and brewed some awful drink out of peaches . |
| 10 | Why go the long way round if the computer has the shortcuts ? |
| 11 | Wo n't go the long way round , a short circuit . |
| 12 | they came look , they came this way , they did n't go , they did n't go the long way round , I believe ya , they came this way up here |
| 13 | erm I do n't personally like motorways , I would I 'm terrified of the M twenty five , I 'd rather go the long way round I 'm afraid , but |
| 14 | He says that there may be a few who go the long way around , but not many . |
| 15 | Whatever implement it was that hit him went a long way round his skull but did n't penetrate very far , for which he should thank his stars . ’ |
| 16 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
| 17 | To escape from Heathcliff I must go a long way away . |
| 18 | Now one must go a long way upriver to find them , far into Sudan and Uganda . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'll go a long way out of his way for something he likes to eat , will your average fox . |