Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 . |