Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | so she goes back a long way . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | " I expect , living here in Chelsea , you go out a great deal . " |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The two of you go back a long way . ’ |
| 11 | Are we going out a third time ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But I hope he will ; we go back a long way . |
| 14 | We go back a long way . ’ |
| 15 | We go back a long way , he and I. " |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ! |
| 20 | We went up a few steps and into a small majlis which was nearly choked by deep couches pushed against its walls . |
| 21 | We went down a hundred feet , perhaps a bit more . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | One of my favourite memories of her goes back a few years to when she was playing Martina Navratilova in New England . |
| 24 | They go back a long way . |
| 25 | Oh , it was a disaster , he was er my estimation of him went down a hundred percent because she smoked |
| 26 | If it goes down a thirty hole , it 'll be sixty wo n't it cos it 's double score . |
| 27 | She paused , then added , ‘ It goes back a long way . ’ |
| 28 | Everyone knows that , it goes back a long way . |
| 29 | I said , well , I , there must be summat there , out there , she said no , he said , she said it goes back a long time . |
| 30 | And let me quote Locke er here we are are we he says but submitting to the laws of any country , living quietly and enjoying privileges and protection under them , makes not a man a member of that society then he goes on a little bit further down nothing can make any man so but is actually entering into it by positive engagement and express promise and compact . |