Example sentences of "[vb infin] go [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Basic computer keyboard skills have to be there — we would n't want to go the lengths of having to train them on that — but training on our specialist software means bringing them in for a week and we 'll probably bring them in every three months to keep updating them . ’
2 Why did he always want to go the long way round .
3 For a really good view of it you 'll need to go a couple of miles to the north .
4 Erm Oh I do n't need to go the damn shop now .
5 We would like we would like to go every week you know
6 But we do keep going the wages for the crews are paid , the ships go for their refits , and in the Ingard group 's annual report the ships are shown as making quite a lot of money — more than we used to make in the old days .
7 What I 'm saying here is that , if you fancy one , it should be checked out carefully in the shop before parting with the ready folding , even though , for the price , you 'd have to go a very long way to beat it .
8 But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . "
9 ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that .
10 You 'll have to go a very long way to find a series of more disparaging , gloom laden , negative reports , and this , in a season when Linfield 's performances actually won them the league !
11 Drivers coming from Teesside Airport and heading north would have to go a significant distance to use it . ’
12 You 're gon na have to go a long then , cos I 'm going up the pub , ha , ha .
13 Do they have to go every day ?
14 As he is not a chap to do anything by halves , to get your hands on the eight per cent SGNs you 'll have to go the whole hog and invest in ‘ Work '69 : Terres a Vin ’ , a box containing six special half-bottles ( 1 Muenchberg Riesling ‘ VV ’ , 2 Muenchberg Pinot Gris and 3 Franholz Gewurztraminer ) with handmade labels and capsules pebbledashed with vineyard soil , a piece of rock from each of the three Grand Cru vineyards and a book of Andre 's poems .
15 Having digressed so far , I can not resist going a little further .
16 In terms of the Midlands ' representation in the Premier League the game was wasted as Notts County 's victory is unlikely to save them while the three points would have gone a long way to ensuring Coventry 's place .
17 The mayor also outlined plans which , if implemented , would have gone a long way towards mopping up the demand for houses in Derry .
18 With all respect to my old friend , I believe my aims and basic purposes may have gone a mite deeper .
19 Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport .
20 You may not end up with an athlete 's heart through aerobic walking , but you will have gone a long way to improving its strength and efficiency , thus ensuring a longer and healthier life .
21 Hill , who was a member of the little-known punk band Sex Hitler and the Hormones in the 1970s , will have gone a long way from those roots if he does manage to succeed his father Graham , who won two titles in the 1960s .
22 Peter Scudamore is on record as saying that Sabin du Loir is one of the best horses he has ever ridden , and could have gone a long way towards towards justifying that high opinion but for falling in last year 's King George at Kempton when holding a healthy lead .
23 Even broken sets can fetch large sums , and a complete bound run is likely to cost the buyer anything up to £4,000 , which would have gone a long way to paying Ackermann 's army of workmen .
24 They must have gone a good two miles before they met another car .
25 The crowd 's response to his resilient 6–4 , 7–5 , 6–4 defeat of a totally overawed Sampras , in his David Cup debut , plus their even greater support as he and Forget beat Ken Flach and the hapless Robert Seguso 6–1 , 6–4 , 4–6 , 6–2 , with flurries of brilliant winners in the doubles , must have gone a long way to at least dimming the memory of the cruel booing he received in 1988 when he struggled against Mats Wilander at Roland Garros in the final of the French Open and then again at Bercy the following November .
26 Things may have gone a bit quiet on Intel Corp 's joint venture with VLSI Technology Inc to develop chips that include iAPX-86 cores for use in handheld devices , but Intel says that the effort is quietly progressing and that early next year it expects to see manufacturers offering small , lightweight hand-held computers based on the new chips ; Intel is currently preparing fully functional samples of the chips for shipment to manufacturers in the second half .
27 Along with the products would have gone a lot more of the people than USL cut loose right before it got bought .
28 It could have gone a different way . ’
29 Pity about Agnes Algar could have gone a long way in the Service but went charging off on some unauthorised stunt in America typically female in the end trying to save the career of some soldier who 'd got himself …
30 I thought he must have gone a bit ga-ga but there was no harm so I went up to my room and did my hair a bit .
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