Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [art] long [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education . |
| 2 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 3 | The hooligan , however , tends to have the longer career since part of his art lies in knowing how far to ‘ push his luck ’ . |
| 4 | If you are wearing trousers you 'll have to wear a long top so it does n't show anything . ’ |
| 5 | Unlike the fourth floor of Lloyd 's , it has a purpose-built trading floor , but the exchange might have to sign a longer lease than it needs . |
| 6 | But er we , we had quite a difficulty , very , very difficult , we used to have to walk a long way before we could get to a telephone . |
| 7 | She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see . |
| 8 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |