Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] a 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 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 8 | ‘ For one who intends to stay a long time with us , Englishman , you know little of us . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Although she had had a shower before going to the boat , she decided to take a long bath . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Those normal , straightforward girls are part ofa society that she chose to leave a long time ago . |
| 13 | You learned to speak a long time ago and , no doubt , you have talked a good deal since then . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 20 | Exactly you have to think a long time . |
| 21 | If you need to take a longer amount of time off , for example for longer term care of young children or relatives , you may not need to resign . |
| 22 | 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 … |
| 23 | She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see . |
| 24 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | They 're , and they 're very good and they , they tend to stay a long time . |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 30 | It seemed to take a long time . |