Example sentences of "goes back for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what you 're doing here I think it is er , er an example of the partnership , a partnership that goes back for many years , certainly during World War Two and I think er it is still strong and er holds firm today the partnership between the United States and Great Britain . |
| 2 | I belong to a family which goes back for 14 centuries . |
| 3 | When it has stopped coming , he drops the body and goes back for another lamb and another , creeping down the earthen steps with his blood-stained knife and his feet and ankles splashed with red . |
| 4 | This type of question goes back for several generations , and small children are able to answer freely without any effort or strain on their part . |
| 5 | She 's with a boy our age — a toy boy — and though he deserts her for young girls and even beats her up — she 's such a sucker for punishment , she goes back for more . |