Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 … . ’
2 The next day I had to wear a long Kamiz over my trousers and have a scarf covering my head — can you imagine going to school like that …
3 I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late .
4 I had to wait a long time shut in .
5 And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’
6 But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus .
7 How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence ?
8 She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass .
9 ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us .
10 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 .
11 Although she had had a shower before going to the boat , she decided to take a long bath .
12 She decided to join the long taxi queue .
13 But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because
14 Those normal , straightforward girls are part ofa society that she chose to leave a long time ago .
15 You learned to speak a long time ago and , no doubt , you have talked a good deal since then .
16 For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc .
17 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 ) .
18 It was a little bit awkward , because she wanted to spend a long weekend there in July , and I had to sort out the dates with Alex to make sure they did n't clash .
19 what 's it called ca n't think of the name of the blooming thing now but it was you did a line across , then you learn to do a long stitch
20 It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting .
21 Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up .
22 Exactly you have to think a long time .
23 If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners …
24 Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output .
25 We continue to accept the long term UN target for aid of 0.7 per cent of GNP , although we can not set a timetable for its achievement .
26 She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see .
27 We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’
28 We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said .
29 So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) .
30 They 're , and they 're very good and they , they tend to stay a long time .
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