Example sentences of "[verb] to go a long " in BNC.
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1 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
2 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
3 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
4 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
5 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
6 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
7 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
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 're gon na have to go a long then , cos I 'm going up the pub , ha , ha . |
11 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |
12 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
13 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |