Example sentences of "[adv] go [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheese is a protein of high biological value and a little goes a long way . |
| 2 | The other characteristic is that their influence seems out of all proportion to the amount present : a little goes a long way . |
| 3 | Although they can be expensive , essential oils are highly concentrated substances ; in practice , a little goes a long way . |
| 4 | It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot . |
| 5 | I doubt if the soot would actively harm your fish , but a little goes a long way . |
| 6 | With leaves that are streaked with bright cream or marked in bold , gold blotches , a little goes a long way . |
| 7 | Yes , I have , but … but a little goes a long way . ’ |
| 8 | Yet a little goes a long way . |
| 9 | A little goes a long way ; too much is unbearably sentimental . |
| 10 | A LITTLE goes a long way with UNICEF . |
| 11 | He welcomed the European Commission on Human Rights ' ruling that the case of the three IRA members killed by the SAS in Gibraltar was good enough to go the European Court . |
| 12 | In goes the coarse strainer , and the charcoal pad with the white side facing the foam . |
| 13 | So if it suddenly goes the other way round |
| 14 | For the first few trips outside , you should plan only to go a short way , so that the patient can get used to the distracting sights and sounds . |
| 15 | In Fox 's case , practice obviously goes a long way to making perfect . |
| 16 | So goes the traditional explanation . |
| 17 | Or so goes the conventional wisdom . |
| 18 | In the inch wars , Ryvita helps you win — so goes the old advert punch line , but which of the two main Graphical User Interfaces is likely to be the one to give you the best operating environment ? |
| 19 | ‘ That congregational aspect — which is a pretty Presbyterian word and I quite like the connotation — of the emotional effect of things happening to people while they 're gathered together , that was the big thing in the early acid clubs , that feeling that you were in a place with 200 people all going the same way as you , all into being there , enjoying being in this mass of people … … |
| 20 | He said hardly anything , I knew he really did n't want to be with us ( with Caroline ) but he 'd caught us up ; he ca n't have spotted from behind who we were , he was obviously going the same way . |
| 21 | We had only gone a few steps when a voice called out from across the street . |
| 22 | We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . |
| 23 | He had only gone a short distance , when he found himself stepping into a small moonlit clearing , some twenty yards across . |
| 24 | So went the old rhyme . |
| 25 | I only go a fair way . |
| 26 | So go the whole hog . |
| 27 | Europe , on this reading , will swiftly go the same way . |
| 28 | The ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation , which will care for physically and mentally handicapped people in Atea , expect to find that by owning their own tractor they will not only go a long way to becoming self-sufficient but will be able to hire out the tractor locally to enhance their income . |
| 29 | You might wish to counter that because it takes you longer to go a smaller distance . |
| 30 | Top Nosh and air-conditioning servicing were shortly to go the same way . |