Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [to-vb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 4 | ‘ People have to spend a long time with robot animals first . |
| 5 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |