Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [art] long [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 2 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 3 | ‘ I stopped mourning a long time ago . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do . |
| 6 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
| 7 | The war 's going to last a long time yet . ’ |
| 8 | It 's going to take a long time yet . |
| 9 | Over 900 of them said : ‘ It should have come a long time ago — very few people have done more for charity , public service and their Party than you have ’ . |
| 10 | Is not the Minister deeply ashamed that he intends to carry on with that cruel and stupid tax instead of scrapping it , as he should have done a long time ago ? |
| 11 | We may have met a long time ago at Rotherfield when I was on a weekend outing from school , but I would n't expect you to remember — it was at least 10 years ago and I ca n't imagine I was a memorable schoolgirl ! |
| 12 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |
| 13 | But now I have , and I see what I should have seen a long time ago , the selfish , arrogant , unscrupulous fixer who has been quietly feathering his nest in London for the past ten years at our expense after turning his back on us as though we were n't good enough for him , who could n't even be bothered to come home during this ordeal but just flew over on a weekend return when the mood took him , when he had nothing better to do , like the tourist he is ! |
| 14 | But Llewellyn 's retainers with Twiston-Davies and Tim Forster , plus attractive rides for David Nicholson and Nick Gaselee , make those dark days when the phone never rang seem a long way off . |
| 15 | We might have to look a long way back . ’ |
| 16 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 17 | The hurt itself may have happened a long time ago , and may even be something that you have forgotten all about . |
| 18 | He was n't to know that the journalist he was expecting had opted to take the longer route overland rather than to fly out on Thursday . |
| 19 | Those normal , straightforward girls are part ofa society that she chose to leave a long time ago . |
| 20 | I am particularly pleased that Aunt Alice managed to make the long journey down to Surrey from Aberdeen for this occasion , and we are all delighted that Annabelle 's sister , Sharon , flew all the way from Australia to join us and be such a charming bridesmaid . |
| 21 | finished starts a long way back , do n't it ? |
| 22 | clockwise even though it means coming the long way round |
| 23 | You learned to speak a long time ago and , no doubt , you have talked a good deal since then . |
| 24 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They had come a long way very fast . |
| 28 | But perhaps you 've got a long drive ahead , ’ he said , not so much hesitantly as enquiringly . |
| 29 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 30 | I 've got a long drive tomorrow . |