Example sentences of "[verb] go [prep] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If they want to go for a longer period , a key worker would go out with them . ’
2 He claimed there should be no erosion of traditional fishing areas , and stressed that each application would have to go through a long process before being granted .
3 ‘ She 's wanted to go for a long time , ’ said Anne , nodding .
4 She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything .
5 They had to go through a long interrogation , and their answers were not found to be satisfactory .
6 But one morning I came to play and I found that my clubs were not there ( they had been stolen ) I then had to go through the long task of making a claim to the insurance company to try and claim some money to replace the clubs I had lost .
7 Alexandra had gone for a long walk before replying to this letter .
8 Most clubs , you have to go through a long rigmarole of being proposed and seconded and vouched for by other members and having your background scrutinised , and weeks and months go by before you 're elected .
9 People arriving in this country for such a purpose have to go through a long interview procedure to process their claims .
10 to ensure that the shorter-term budgets and plans were consistent with where the company wanted to go in the longer run
11 Well I think that it 's gone on a long time and it 's not
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