Example sentences of "[vb past] gone [art] long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | By the middle of the fourth century , Christianity had gone a long way towards assimilating the dominant culture of pagan Romans . |
2 | Teclis was stronger now , the potions of the Loremasters had gone a long way towards giving him mortal strength . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | She had gone a long way towards admitting that the King could not live of his own . |
5 | They had gone a long way without her even knowing it and they were riding beside the lake she had seen from the air . |