Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have just taken a long , stiff drink . |
| 2 | Even more crucially , they are the product of an outdated political system which has consistently sacrificed the long term to the short term and abandoned principles for expediency . |
| 3 | You 're not old nan you 've just lived a long time |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you 've certainly come a long way from the child who ran from me in that garden . ’ |
| 5 | She had always taken a long time over her toilet : a review of her clothes ; a long-drawn-out bath ; massage ; manicure ; then her hair and make-up . |
| 6 | Brothers , sisters , President , we 've still got a long way to go . |
| 7 | However , we 've still got a long way to go on working together with the health service ’ . |
| 8 | I know that some British civil servants are making considerable efforts to improve erm in these terms but erm I think we 've still got a long way to go in appreciating the importance of at least being able to understand somebody else 's language , erm even if you ca n't always erm communicate in it as well as you can in your own . |
| 9 | Well , we 've certainly come a long way since Pliny 's day . |
| 10 | We have indeed come a long way from 1882 , and can look forward to the challenge of the 1990s — the closer harmonisation of our concerns with those of other conservation bodies . |
| 11 | We have certainly come a long way since Aristotle and Ptolemy , when we thought that the earth was the centre of the universe ! |
| 12 | I do n't know , there 's still got a long way to go though |
| 13 | Travis glanced at his watch and sighed , rising from the table in Paige 's room where they had just enjoyed a long , leisurely breakfast . |
| 14 | Morrissey , formerly lead singer of the Smiths and now a solo artist , is the central figure in this demi-monde and he has successfully mounted a long career based on a delightfully British blend of prurience and prudery . |
| 15 | He has already made a long statement , and you are letting him get away with it . |
| 16 | Sheffield was a very different type of town , but like most other places that developed into great Victorian cities it had already had a long history as a market and craft centre . |
| 17 | From being a simple pleasure that had helped take her mind off her troubles , it had now gone a long way towards restoring her rather battered pride . |
| 18 | It 's certainly come a long way from the upstairs room at the Albert . |
| 19 | He 's certainly had a long talk with me since you left the team — ’ |