Example sentences of "went [prep] great [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tenants came and went with great rapidity . |
| 2 | It went into great detail about how much it would take to start the colliery again and said that it would cost millions of pounds . |
| 3 | They went in great numbers ; in a period of sixty years in the last century , some 80,000 French Basques are estimated to have gone from the region , out of a total population at any one time of 112,000 . |
| 4 | Kenyatta and Ahidjo were nationalists first , and localists second although both went to great lengths to secure their political base amongst their own ethnic group . |
| 5 | Descartes himself , using the little mechanical and physiological knowledge available to him , went to great lengths in trying to account for this relationship . |
| 6 | In all but one , the salesman went to great lengths to explain the engine and its features to my husband and to sell a car to me on the basis of its sleek lines or attractive upholstery . |
| 7 | These two reports remain the source of almost all the information about the eruption ; the Royal Society in particular went to great lengths to amass every possible scrap of information and even inserted a notice in The Times requesting anyone who had seen or heard anything to come forward . |
| 8 | Antonia went to great lengths to impress her ministerial lover . |
| 9 | She found that the recipients fought hard against the idea that they were ‘ at the receiving end ’ and went to great lengths to ensure that their parents ' support was reciprocated in some way . |
| 10 | ‘ Have you seen Grimes yet ? ’ he asked Minton , who went to great lengths to obtain seats for himself , Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping , even after he had seen it twice . |
| 11 | Finally , although the committee went to great lengths to argue the case for and against integration , have they not indeed simply rationalised the status quo ? |
| 12 | For example , you went to great lengths to point out that Merit is a cigarette , whereas your magazine is available in many parts of the world where Merit is not . |
| 13 | Mike went to great lengths to get the ergonomics right , tailor-made to Mary 's size and strength . |
| 14 | As the Minister responsible at the time , let me tell the hon. Gentleman that we went to great lengths to minimise the disruption caused in classrooms by the provision of necessary training related to the introduction of education reforms . |
| 15 | Despite his ferocious criticism of Bush 's record as President , however , Buchanan went to great lengths to emphasize his respect for Bush 's service in the Pacific War and his " graciousness , honour and integrity " . |
| 16 | We , we then had this situation where the , er , the Chief Constable ha went to great lengths to er , work out a new establishment for himself , and the senior management , and actually ach chi and er , and preempted it and then asked the er , the Home Office if he could use the money to increase the constables on the beat . |
| 17 | But prosecuting lawyers went to great lengths to keep Hagans in custody . |
| 18 | Off he went to Great Scotland Yard , in that frightful double-breasted suit , silly flat cap and flashy green tie , carrying all the worries of the Empire on his shoulders , leaving me to pick up the pieces . |
| 19 | Oh , when the lads did this , they went to great trouble to actually find the right sort of windows and what have you . |
| 20 | To prevent opposition forces coalescing , the authorities went to great length to separate the various strands of artistic and intellectual thought . |
| 21 | But he went to great pains to exclude all mention of the Spirit as available for believers from his Gospel , with one notable exception . |