Example sentences of "go a long [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . ’ |
4 | The Section went a long step further than this , however . |
5 | THE head went a long time ago , then it was the legs — but on Thursday night it was Martina Navratilova 's heart that had gone from her game . |
6 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |
7 | That 's been gone a long time now . |
8 | To escape from Heathcliff I must go a long way away . |
9 | Now one must go a long way upriver to find them , far into Sudan and Uganda . |
10 | ‘ He 'll go a long way out of his way for something he likes to eat , will your average fox . |