go a long way

The plan is to stretch it out as long as possible, then probably forget about it, and then suddenly remember it.

It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.

It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.

"Capital, capital," his lordship would remark with great alacrity, when there was no other way of escape.

In this way bundles of the plants are easily made, and in most cases these can be readily carried about.

You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.