Example sentences of "go the [adj] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If they are doing purely local journeys , then that may be too much and they may prefer to use the Oxford ringroad , but if they are doing long-distance journeys ten miles is not a very significant addition to their journey in length and the congestion on the Oxford ringroad is such that it may actually be shorter in time terms to go the longer way round in distance . |
| 5 | So if it suddenly goes the other way round |
| 6 | The commander , a Yugoslav general , shuttles back and forth on direct flights instead of going the long way round through Turkey . |
| 7 | David , 29 , said he had lost control when he swerved to miss a car going the wrong way round a roundabout . |
| 8 | No disrespect to my conveyancing brethren but I would n't let them loose on a guilty plea of going the wrong way round a keep left sign . |
| 9 | Had she gone the long way round , using a main road , she would only have added 10 minutes to her journey . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I 've gone the wrong way round now have n't I ? |
| 12 | Unfortunately for Thacker the wind was offshore and instead of drifting over the island he went the opposite direction out to sea . |
| 13 | Now you 've , your material did n't go the other way on that these chairs did they , before you |
| 14 | We 'll go the other way down to the superstore because there 's traffic lights down at the end of our road . |
| 15 | Why go the long way round if the computer has the shortcuts ? |
| 16 | Wo n't go the long way round , a short circuit . |
| 17 | they came look , they came this way , they did n't go , they did n't go the long way round , I believe ya , they came this way up here |
| 18 | erm I do n't personally like motorways , I would I 'm terrified of the M twenty five , I 'd rather go the long way round I 'm afraid , but |
| 19 | He says that there may be a few who go the long way around , but not many . |