Example sentences of "go [adv] at [adj] length " in BNC.
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1 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
2 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
3 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
4 | He went on at great length on this subject , banging his pastoral staff on the floor and haranguing the assembly until the pope cried ‘ Enough ’ , and the reading of the decrees was resumed . |
5 | It is up to you , Mr. Deputy Speaker , to decide whether hon. Members are in order , but I must say that the hon. Gentleman went on at considerable length about matters some of which seemed to stray interestingly from the subject of the amendment . |