Example sentences of "go [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Give it a flick it 'll go for a long way because there 's no , there 's very little friction on the ice and erm the second one is the , the awkward one .
2 Does n't matter I mean , it 'll go for a long time you know .
3 You know , you may go for a long time and not see any , then you 'll see two or three in possibly a week .
4 Sometimes , if he thought one of the girls did n't know what he was doing , he 'd go into a long explanation of why he had n't actually tasted the stuff .
5 And should all efforts fail to entice the public , it 's Neneh who 'll need to ‘ go on a long holiday and bury my head in the sand ’ .
6 If little Jimmy 's mother tells everyone that they can never go on a long journey because little Jimmy is always car-sick , then you can be sure that little Jimmy always will be car-sick .
7 This could go on a long while , Kate thought .
8 Your Uncle Walter 'll go on a long time yet , you see . ’
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