Example sentences of "go a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the masses and nomenklatura flocked in their hundreds of thousands to Glazunov 's exhibitions and he lived lavishly in Moscow , he ably kept going a parallel reputation for dissidence : ‘ [ He ] has been a lifetime opponent of Soviet authority , and his art has always defied the politics and prejudices of his time ’ . |
| 2 | Well he 's going a good way of doing it is n't he |
| 3 | They were going a good gallop all the way and it found him out . ’ |
| 4 | She had booked a sleeper from Paris in terms of time — " I ca n't sit up all night " — not distance " I am going a long way south . " |
| 5 | ‘ I knew it was going a long way , I was so pumped . |
| 6 | Environmentalists hailed the decision as going a long way towards meeting the demands of campaigns in favour of preserving Antarctica . |
| 7 | You ca n't park , a big car 's an advantage if you 're going a long way |
| 8 | Between the two lay the formidable barrier of the River Spey , which , as late as 17 March , was said to be ‘ so swelled with snow melting down from the hills that it will not be fordable without going a great way up the country ’ . |
| 9 | One could tell he was a man who had come a long way , and who intended going a great deal further . |
| 10 | Now moving on a little bit further , I know the talk said that I was only going up to er to , but I 'm just going a little bit further . |
| 11 | Going a little bit further , I 'm only er just a couple here . |
| 12 | Going a little bit further east , Rye used to be a very important port , and erm that was , what , in the sixteenth century certainly and possibly even later than that . |
| 13 | perhaps , in black going a little green , |
| 14 | While Smith fell to Hughesman in straight sets in the second string singles rubber , Gary Drake was finding the going a little tough against Queens ' rested No. 1 Steve Alger , 33-year-old Vauxhall Trophy ‘ veteran ’ and a former Bermuda No. 1 . |
| 15 | I do n't know where this Doctor had this idea from but I do n't know how many years ago , but I remember I had my Co-op news every week and , and he said that he could see us going a full circle and I 'm just wondering when he 's gon if I 'll be alive when it comes round again because I , I do n't think that these big mass stores erm as I say they 're all right you see , people with plenty of money with a car they could fill the freezer up . |
| 16 | You 're going a different way . |
| 17 | I 'm going a different way are n't I ? |
| 18 | A Washington was in the hangar under going a double engine change and a tail steady had not been fitted under the rear fuselage . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As one would expect , incomers took a greater interest in discussing class — class is supposed to go a long way in explaining the membership of given social networks , and in the scope of such networks . |
| 21 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
| 22 | To link small variations in a single protein with the existence of an all-purpose ‘ addictive personality ’ is to go a long way too far . |
| 23 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 24 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 25 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
| 26 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 … |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |