Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [adv] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Right so there 's a thought that somehow democracy ought to be self-justifying erm the well I mean quite a long way actually two types of justification of democracy , instrumental and erm Mill is defending democracy surely instrumentally and we might want to say democracy has its justification of freedom and equality . |
2 | ‘ Victor and I go back a long way . |
3 | Ali and I go back a long way . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | I think possibly a long lens , just the having sort of , the two boats , again , that might have been better . |
6 | The two of you go back a long way . ’ |
7 | You take rather a long time sometimes to find something that fits in but you do in the end . ’ |
8 | 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 . |
9 | But I hope he will ; we go back a long way . |
10 | We go back a long way . ’ |
11 | We go back a long way , he and I. " |
12 | ‘ I mean that we go back a long way , and yes , there 's a very special relationship between us , but that 's because … ’ another pause , and he raked his fingers through his hair in a helpless , frustrated gesture ‘ … it was her sister I fell in love with all those years ago . ’ |
13 | They go back a long way . |
14 | Kestrels are very prone to tail damage — they have quite a long tail for the size of the bird and in training a leash rubbing against it can snap feathers . |
15 | So anyway , he erm had his say quite a long story and er the Chairman turned round all of a sudden and he s he could n't say the Chairman er said call him cos that 's what we call him and he said er he said erm would you like to come back to the rostrum again and he said erm you were explaining to me about an accident you had in the quarry in quarry , erm some years back and he said , I 'd like you to explain to these people . |