Example sentences of "[verb] to go a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
| 2 | But you know as well as I do that you want to go a great deal further than that . ’ |
| 3 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
| 4 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
| 5 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 6 | Naturally , he was speechless with rage and he seemed to go a funny colour , rather like the top range of a steel tempering chart — cherry red . |
| 7 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
| 8 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
| 9 | You 're bound to go a little bit too far or not quite far enough . |
| 10 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 11 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 12 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 13 | Drivers coming from Teesside Airport and heading north would have to go a significant distance to use it . ’ |
| 14 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |
| 15 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
| 16 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |