Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] a long " 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 | This is a view which goes back a long way , at least as far as the time of the Radcliffe Report in 1960 . |
| 5 | Eric Pendry himself drew up a long list of recommendations for making these exercises safer . |
| 6 | This is an acquired skill which develops over a long period . |
| 7 | Yeah good old laugh , I remember my scout motto , I promise that I 'll do my best and do my duties its going back a long , long way brother . |
| 8 | But it was years since she had felt at ease in any store which went back a long way from the street and therefore had no windows through which she could see daylight . |
| 9 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
| 10 | This was a process which extended over a long period , and in the seventeenth century the extent of their privileges in this respect was still far from clear . |
| 11 | His torment is that he is forced to face the etched face of a Daemonette carved into the wall opposite , which flicks out a long serrated fleshy tongue which rips into the man 's neck and chest . |
| 12 | so she goes back a long way . |
| 13 | She let out a long whistle , and heard him chuckle . |
| 14 | When it slammed behind him she let out a long , shaky breath and felt blindly for a chair , afraid she 'd collapse without some means of support . |
| 15 | She let out a long , sobbing shriek . |
| 16 | She let out a long , appreciative sigh . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The two of you go back a long way . ’ |
| 21 | She gave out a long sigh . |
| 22 | One suggestion has been that the energy output of the Sun itself fluctuates over a long period . |
| 23 | She pushed back a long fair curl with one hand . |
| 24 | We fled down a long avenue towards the river . |
| 25 | From our mooring at the pier , panting in the heat , we walked up a long steep , straight track , which led to the main village where accommodation in private houses was to be allocated ; there were no hotels or pensiones . |
| 26 | We go up a long , but steepish , slope and pause to catch our breath and share the experience . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But I hope he will ; we go back a long way . |
| 29 | We go back a long way . ’ |
| 30 | We go back a long way , he and I. " |