Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a long [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tank decor has come a long way in recent years from the garish backdrop , and the odd lump of rock with a few dying plants . |
| 2 | It has come a long way in the last decade . |
| 3 | Imaging technology has come a long way in the last few years and there are currently available several Imaging systems which in theory could integrate with Council Tax software . |
| 4 | Either way he has come a long way in a very short time , especially for someone who left journalism for PR at the age of 22 after failing to break into daily newspapers . |
| 5 | But archaeology has shown us much , and will show much more , of the history of these places before the documents are plentiful — and has cast a long shadow in the process over early medieval Italian towns , where comparable studies are less advanced than in Britain . |
| 6 | The Queen as Head of State gives overall stability to the political system and the Prime Minister as Head of Government is one who has served a long apprenticeship in parliament in high office of state and who is the elected leader of a party which has the confidence of the nation . |
| 7 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 8 | I cut down a big tree , and then began to make a long hole in it . |
| 9 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 10 | Pity about Agnes Algar could have gone a long way in the Service but went charging off on some unauthorised stunt in America typically female in the end trying to save the career of some soldier who 'd got himself … |
| 11 | The practice of coppicing has a long history in Britain . |
| 12 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 13 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 14 | You 've come a long way in a short time . ’ |
| 15 | That newspapers had come a long way in the interim period was beyond doubt ; that they were to travel even further was to be confirmed by the manner in which the Cadburys disposed of the News Chronicle in 1960 . |
| 16 | Planning these raids had moved a long way in a few months , as explained in Chapter 10 . |
| 17 | The fourth John Booth founded another major firm in partnership with John Hartop and George Binks , whose own families also had had a long involvement in the local metal trades . |
| 18 | The other man had difficulty starting the machine and had to put a long handle in the front and turn it several times before the engine roared into life startling the children again . |
| 19 | I had spent a long day in the autumn bargaining with the previous owner over the furniture and carpets and ended up having bought most of it at a reasonable price . |
| 20 | The meeting was timely because Hamish Kidd , a Cambridge chemical engineer who had spent a long period in general management consultancy with P-E Consulting Group , had developed systems to introduce executive search into P-E when it was sanctioned as an allowable technique by the Management Consultants Association ( MCA ) . |
| 21 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 22 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 23 | Why do you think many of the farmers prefer to have a long ley in each field rather than changing from arable crops to grass every one or two years ? |
| 24 | Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information . |
| 25 | We have come a long way in this preliminary discussion without saying anything about what actually counts as data in the social sciences . |
| 26 | Douglas McIldoon , of the EC , said : ‘ This document demonstrates that you have come a long way in this region and it will give us great pleasure in working with you to make it happen . ’ |
| 27 | DANDELIONS have come a long way in Darlington . |
| 28 | That statement on Monday about ongoing negotiations with Microsoft Corp , intended to arrest a long slide in the share price of Micro Focus Plc ( CI No 2,143 ) failed to prevent the shares shedding another 78 pence in Monday trading , leaving them at 2,110 pence , a far cry from the £30 they touched on February 15 : acceleration of the trend towards downsizing should if anything bring increased business to the company for its Cobol products over the next two or three years , and the signs are that as usual , the market has been overdoing things both ways — the shares were probably too high at £30 but are probably close to a bargain at £20 . |
| 29 | I just want to briefly introduce this , I do n't want to speak in any great , we have had a long debate in house do you if you wish to engage in a long debate again in view of the time tonight . |
| 30 | I personally and I 'm sure it goes for many here , have spent a long time in the private rented sector and if the opportunity existed to get into council housing we would have taken it . |