Example sentences of "go [prep] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything . |
| 2 | Most clubs , you have to go through a long rigmarole of being proposed and seconded and vouched for by other members and having your background scrutinised , and weeks and months go by before you 're elected . |
| 3 | He claimed there should be no erosion of traditional fishing areas , and stressed that each application would have to go through a long process before being granted . |
| 4 | Going for a long walk in the country on a Sunday afternoon when you 've got a lot of marking still to do , or having an affair with a colleague — they could go either way . |
| 5 | I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor . |
| 6 | After returning the van to the hire company , I went for a long walk in Hyde Park . |
| 7 | I went through a long period of thinking of having him adopted . |
| 8 | Alexandra had gone for a long walk before replying to this letter . |
| 9 | Sometimes , if he thought one of the girls did n't know what he was doing , he 'd go into a long explanation of why he had n't actually tasted the stuff . |
| 10 | When Juliet asked about staff who had been there twenty years ago , she went into a long rigmarole about the different jobs she 'd had , and her family problems , then digressed to the present staff . |
| 11 | We went down a long corridor to a door bearing a sign ‘ Latvia pilot operation ’ . |