Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [art] long " 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 Alec led the strenuous but short-lived pitch and I continued up the long Needle Crack : sustained but never too difficult ; glorious bridging above the full height of the crag .
5 And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form .
6 Suddenly , on the other side of the path , the fern parted and there looked out a long , dog-like head , striped black and white .
7 The phone rang , and he reached out a long arm and hooked it up .
8 His North Sea assault gave the environmentalists a powerful and unique spokesman ; it made the government sit up and take notice ; and it speeded up the long and painful process of making the public aware that there was a very real problem to solve , which was going to involve personal sacrifices .
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