Example sentences of "[vb past] go [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
2 | With the first of the ovens he 'd gone the long way through to the Hall 's kitchens , taking in the sights as he went . |
3 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
4 | He had to go the long way around , but it gave him plenty of time to watch for any indication that there might be anybody at home . |
5 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
6 | She had gone a long way , when she came to a big foot . |
7 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
8 | By the 1680s the old-fashioned cavalry of the pomeshchiks had disappeared as an independent force , the streltsy were restricted to internal policing duties , and Muscovy had gone a long way towards establishing a professional army . |
9 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
10 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |
11 | She had been one of them once , but suddenly she had gone a long way away . |