Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [art] long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that the genetic er , testing that was , that is now law , has to go a long way towards finding criminals , who once they 've been tested will find it very difficult to commit crime again , because they 're on record , and they 'll be on computer record . |
| 2 | And their bride has to wear er , all in red and er the bridegroo er groom has to wear a long costume with a red big flowers in front i aha and then they get married and there 's erm band , the Chinese traditional band with drums and trumpets blowing all the time and er , all the guests have a very nice time . |
| 3 | If that means sterling has to have a long leave of absence , judicial separation or divorce from the ERM , so be it . |
| 4 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 5 | In I 'm naming one man among many , therefore , an initial attempt is made to match a long word to the sequence ( Fig 7.5.1 ) . |
| 6 | How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence ? |
| 7 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
| 8 | Though Louis had had plenty of time to gain experience of ruling and to form a court of his own in the subkingdom of Aquitaine ( he had been king there since the age of three ) , he had had to wait a long time for his father 's inheritance . |
| 9 | ‘ I have had to wait a long time for the freedom , but it will be passed down and at least I can say that I was a Freeman of Chester . |
| 10 | Well what they 're doing actually it 's quite right because they 're they tended to play the long ball to Steve Walsh so that he could head it down and what they 're doing actually they 've got two four foot eight forwards in Jochim and Speedy and a nine foot seven winger Ormanroyd |
| 11 | Each evening the quayside would be crowded with holidaymakers who made a point of going to watch the long procession of over 100 boats , their lights twinkling as dusk began to fall , pass slowly and majestically down the harbour and out to sea . |
| 12 | ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us . |
| 13 | I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’ |
| 14 | It was in the 2nd round of the FA Cup in December 1937 when the Palace had had to make the long trip to Accrington on one of the rare times when the draw for this round was not made on a geographical basis . |
| 15 | But 5 year old Amy Harding would have found the trauma of having a surgical collar even worse if she 'd had to make the long trip to Gloucester . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field . |
| 18 | I cut down a big tree , and then began to make a long hole in it . |
| 19 | Gooch has been known to carry a long face on his sleeve and he may well appreciate the strength of Gatting . |
| 20 | Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ? |
| 21 | Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time . |
| 22 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 23 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 24 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 25 | They are most grateful for a pump within yards of their homes , instead of having to walk a long way to a dirty water-hole . |
| 26 | A path is simply a set of instructions like that , but you do n't have to type a long string of commands to do the job . |
| 27 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 28 | I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’ |
| 29 | Was it easier for them was it easy for them to pick up work or would they have been woul would they have to face a long time on the dole or ? |
| 30 | Melanie thought that at least Uncle Philip could have bought her a sewing machine , so she need not have to stitch the long seams by hand . |