Example sentences of "[noun sg] go a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A death is always exciting , always makes you realise how alive you are — how vulnerable but so-far-lucky , but the death of somebody close gives you a good excuse to go a bit crazy for a while and do things that would otherwise be inexcusable . |
| 2 | Although she was penniless , she managed to get back to England : Margery never had much difficulty in finding people who would give her money to go a long , long way away . |
| 3 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 4 | WHATEVER YOU 'RE PLANNING TO BUY YOUR MONEY GOES A LONG WAY WITH ABBEY NATIONAL |
| 5 | ‘ He 's not the first striker to go a few games without scoring , ’ Alex Smith , the Aberdeen manager , said . |
| 6 | Bourdieu goes a long way to remedying this defect in his treatment of actual practices in his structure ( fields ) . |
| 7 | A little amiability goes a long way , it would seem , and many of those present felt that Reebok was the unluckiest loser of the night in this category . |
| 8 | You may find it useful actually to write similar sentences or even your introductory chat on your question list to remind you if your mind goes a blank and to help you see the shape of the interview you are planning . |
| 9 | The interpretation of ‘ mind ’ as information processing with a self-monitoring facility called consciousness goes a long way towards resolving the problem of body — mind interaction which Popper and Eccles ( 1978 ) have recently revived . |
| 10 | But er I think erm the pound goes a lot further there , you 'll probably fe but I 'd probably feel like a millionaire in Jamaica |
| 11 | There seems to be a lot of blood , but , you know , a little blood goes a long way . |
| 12 | It is hoped that the following study goes a small way towards describing their experiences and situation , as well as highlighting what the inclusion of disabled professionals reveals about the orthodox professional/client relationship . |
| 13 | The light went a very deep , faint red , and then quickly disappeared altogether . |
| 14 | So my thinking went a little further in that direction — the correct direction . |
| 15 | But the pink went a bit |
| 16 | I was doing quite well in the quiz up to that point , but my mind went a total blank on that one . |
| 17 | The Privy Council in Yip Kai-foon went a little further . |
| 18 | The news that she had in fact been successful in her interview went a very long way to ease her bruised feelings — so much so that when the day dawned when she was to start her new job she almost forgot to pull her hair back into a screwed-up knot , and to don her glasses . |
| 19 | With this sense of a specialized alternative went a certain set of alternative moral and social attitudes , much more open and relaxed ( ‘ bohemian ’ ) than the norms of their class . |
| 20 | Thus the Act goes a long way in smoothing the path of the prosecutor . |
| 21 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , the Bill in question goes a good deal wider than just the matters that he has been addressing . |
| 22 | But changes in attitude go a lot deeper than watching the pennies . |
| 23 | What , and I let the bread go a bit toasted first then |
| 24 | And with the hardship and suffering went a slow but real decline in Egypt . |
| 25 | Along with this rapprochement went a corresponding attack on the fundamentalist tenets of nonconformist morality . |
| 26 | It is not faith going a second mile ; it is faith making its first full step and there is no going back . |
| 27 | Pushing forty but kind of athletic for his age , a worried grey face and hair going a little thin . |
| 28 | . That 's just the things we do , with the coronary arteries , we do coronary artery by- passes , I can , I can sew like any woman , I can darn your socks , we stick the veins on and we re-establish the the heart going a bit faster . |
| 29 | His text explains : ’ ‘ And with this funeral goes a rented coffin — it saves you buying one . ’ |
| 30 | It might be a bottle of wine , but a bottle of wine goes a long way , and everybody , you stand up and you get your bottle of wine , and everybody goes , yes , feel good . |