Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] go a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To meet the needs of piston-engine operators worldwide , a small number of specialist concerns thrive looking after the precious radial engine that go a long way towards making the DC-3 and DC-6 such economic miracle workers . |
| 2 | Reluctant as he was to part with evidence that went a long way to exonerating Colin , he knew surrendering it voluntarily was vastly preferable to having it seized . |
| 3 | But they sweetened their reign of fear with occasional favours and a glaze of authority that went a long way in communities accustomed to neither . |
| 4 | Troy did , however , use one phrase that went a long way to describe the film 's great success , for he spoke of how it illustrated that ‘ an honest documentation of familiar American actualities becomes in a Hollywood film more absorbing than intrigue in Monte Carlo or pig-sticking in Bengal ’ . |
| 5 | Just for a week every month and go a bit over the top . |
| 6 | ‘ I finally freaked out on LSD and went a bit mad . |
| 7 | Those who question Taylor 's future were left to swallow a performance that went a long way to answering the questions against the England manager . |
| 8 | One of the highest scoring fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain , Bob Doe has written an interesting book that goes a good deal further than describing some of his exploits in the Battle . |
| 9 | Such recognition could help temper the arrogance of some Western thinkers — an arrogance that goes a long way to explain why some have found relativism so attractive . |
| 10 | Under the whip , he spurted past Czar Alexander shortly before the line and went a length up before Piggott , the race won , dropped his hands . |
| 11 | We 'll try and be a bit more adventurous this year and go a bit further ! |
| 12 | Environmentalists hailed the decision as going a long way towards meeting the demands of campaigns in favour of preserving Antarctica . |