Example sentences of "[verb] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They begin well enough , rolling on to their backs , gaping the mouth awkwardly wide and allowing the long tongue to loll lifelessly from their sagging jaws . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 3 | Obviously he has a long way to mature physically , but he 's surpassed our hopes . |
| 4 | Nothing much between the two teams on form … they 're two places and eight points apart … both are in the frame for the play-off places but the promotion race has a long way to go yet … |
| 5 | The 17.5 per cent stake represents roughly a quarter of Anglia 's market capitalisation , but David McCall , chief executive , said he believed ‘ the share price has a long way to go yet ’ . |
| 6 | Not only for myself as it 's been a particular project close to me for many years , but for the break up of a team , a team that has a long time to build up and a team that worked very well together and who were very committed . |
| 7 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 8 | However , we 've still got a long way to go on working together with the health service ’ . |
| 9 | Phil 's got a long way to go actually |
| 10 | I do n't know , there 's still got a long way to go though |
| 11 | He 's got a long way to go home , ’ said Ray Shepherd quietly . |
| 12 | McCarthy 's mistake came in the 76th minute when he allowed a long ball to go over his head , and Guy Whittingham nipped in for the equaliser . |
| 13 | Such recognition could help temper the arrogance of some Western thinkers — an arrogance that goes a long way to explain why some have found relativism so attractive . |
| 14 | No but that takes a long while to get round . |
| 15 | ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep . |
| 16 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |
| 17 | It takes a long time to warm up , a very long time , but then I sleep as though practising for death . |
| 18 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 19 | The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety . |
| 20 | The difficulty here is that this would take a long time to carry out , besides which , there is the problem of access . |
| 21 | However , he stressed that economic growth was still heavily dependent on continued flows of external assistance , since the programmes under way would take a long time to carry out . |
| 22 | ‘ This will take a long time to sink in , ’ said Breeze . |
| 23 | Now there 's two important things , first thing is your notes will take a long time to get up there maybe up to three months . |
| 24 | But the message that bad behaviour no longer brings rewards will take a long time to get through because of its history of being occasionally ( i.e. intermittently ) reinforced . |
| 25 | Do you get results quickly and often , or do they take a long time to come through ? |
| 26 | If it was an allergy to soap powder would it take a long time to come out ? |
| 27 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 28 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 29 | Cuffs and hem are knitted , and though this does n't suit everyone — the knitting can take a long time to dry out if it gets wet — I do n't find it unacceptable . |
| 30 | Oh it seems a long way to go just for five days skiing . |