Example sentences of "[pron] go [adv prt] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Victor and I go back a long way .
2 Ali and I go back a long way .
3 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 .
4 Tyler and I go back a few years .
5 And then Ted and I went out a little bit later and we sa , we found two goldfish and two golden
6 This is a view which goes back a long way , at least as far as the time of the Radcliffe Report in 1960 .
7 But it was years since she had felt at ease in any store which went back a long way from the street and therefore had no windows through which she could see daylight .
8 Every morning he prepares a range of at least 20 sweets , which go down a real treat .
9 so she goes back a long way .
10 Nice , very nice , you went up a long hall toward , as soon as you got er through the doors it was very nice really , quite , quite something for Caldmore anyway .
11 " I expect , living here in Chelsea , you go out a great deal . "
12 I think if you go back a hundred years the problems in British culture were much worse , but nonetheless I do think there 's a tremendous arrogance around in modern so-called civilized Britain , and particularly when they talk about the ancient civilization of Israel , I just think that they were a far more humane nation than we are .
13 The two of you go back a long way . ’
14 Are we going out a third time ?
15 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 .
16 But I hope he will ; we go back a long way .
17 We go back a long way . ’
18 We go back a long way , he and I. "
19 ‘ 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 . ’
20 I mean at one stage we go back a hundred years — back to Dalton he thought of his atoms as being fundamental entities that could never be broken up , whereas now we know that an atom is a very complicated structure and we can measure things about atoms , we can measure the distribution , we can where the electrons and so on are .
21 If we go back a few years , I do n't know how many people remember before we had DOPACS , I remember when projects used to come into the group from on high , they used to filter through the organization , until they landed on somebody 's desk who was actually supposed to carry out the work .
22 This proved rather funny because when we went round a sharp bend , the cupboard door flew open , the porta-potty rolled out like a cheap-thrills show , and on the next bend it rolled back in again and the door closed !
23 We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls .
24 We went down a hundred feet , perhaps a bit more .
25 And so we did this and we had this bungalow at Mablethorpe which is still running , we 've been down , we went down a few weeks ago .
26 One of my favourite memories of her goes back a few years to when she was playing Martina Navratilova in New England .
27 They go back a long way .
28 Oh , it was a disaster , he was er my estimation of him went down a hundred percent because she smoked
29 If it goes down a thirty hole , it 'll be sixty wo n't it cos it 's double score .
30 She paused , then added , ‘ It goes back a long way . ’
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