Example sentences of "[verb] to go a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … |
| 2 | It is a good idea of Lewis Carroll to think of the March hare because in March hares tend to go a bit potty and they stand on their back legs and box each other . |
| 3 | But you know as well as I do that you want to go a great deal further than that . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
| 6 | This is great as far as it goes , but it needs to go a lot farther ! |
| 7 | Monika said yesterday : ‘ He needs to go a lot further for me to be happy — but these letters are certainly a start . ’ |
| 8 | For a really good view of it you 'll need to go a couple of miles to the north . |
| 9 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 10 | Naturally , he was speechless with rage and he seemed to go a funny colour , rather like the top range of a steel tempering chart — cherry red . |
| 11 | We have learnt a lot from the Nicaraguan experience and as far as the woman question " is concerned , we hope to go a bit further . |
| 12 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We 've all come a long way , Carrie , and we 're going to go a lot farther … but come inside , I think Christian 's found that bottle of brandy that I 've been hoping he 'd forgotten . ’ |
| 14 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
| 15 | but er it tends to go a bit out of your head . |
| 16 | Well they 've , they 've told me they 've got to go a , a tutor it 's another branch manager at a different branch . |
| 17 | I mean erm the , I mean , erm the closest I ever get to sort of news design is redesigning the Oxford University Press Gazette , and one of the first things when they said it 's got to go A four was well in that case you 've got to staple it , because you ca n't have thirty-two , sixty-four pages A four sort of doing that . |
| 18 | You 're bound to go a little bit too far or not quite far enough . |
| 19 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 20 | What I 'm saying here is that , if you fancy one , it should be checked out carefully in the shop before parting with the ready folding , even though , for the price , you 'd have to go a very long way to beat it . |
| 21 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 22 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 23 | You 'll have to go a very long way to find a series of more disparaging , gloom laden , negative reports , and this , in a season when Linfield 's performances actually won them the league ! |
| 24 | Drivers coming from Teesside Airport and heading north would have to go a significant distance to use it . ’ |
| 25 | You 're gon na have to go a long then , cos I 'm going up the pub , ha , ha . |
| 26 | I I 've probably seen them about four or five times in the last six months and they do tend to go a bit route one when Walsh is playing but today their link up play has been excellent . |
| 27 | When you come out to do the same session two weeks later , you know that you can do it , so you can afford to go a little faster . |
| 28 | I do n't water mine very often I wait till the , one of the leaves start to go a bit yellow and then |
| 29 | We moved it once and apparently it had to go a zoo after that cos when we moved it back it was about twelve foot long , and then of course it g grew even larger than that . |
| 30 | 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 . |