Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 2 | Those normal , straightforward girls are part ofa society that she chose to leave a long time ago . |
| 3 | The five-star novelist gave me an unfathomable glimmer when I closed the car door for her and remarked that she 'd had a long chat with Harry that afternoon on the telephone . |
| 4 | Douglas McIldoon , of the EC , said : ‘ This document demonstrates that you have come a long way in this region and it will give us great pleasure in working with you to make it happen . ’ |
| 5 | I think it 's fair to say that we 've gone a long , long way in Oxford to breaking down barriers with regard to the inspection priorities , and we are in a position within the city where we have nature of , if you like , technicians and staff that are doing jobs that in many other surrounding areas , and indeed throughout the country are the prerogative of E H O , and these include areas specified as high-risk by MAFF , and include a great bulk of all customer and consumer complaints . |
| 6 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |
| 7 | What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading . |
| 8 | ‘ We demonstrated that we have come a long way since our first game in Zimbabwe . |
| 9 | Seeing how nature treats an inept hedgehog made me very glad that we have won the long counter-insurgency war with nature in the western world : but too weak-minded a reverence for nature is going to allow us to treat fellow humans as if they were hedgehogs in the shrubbery . |
| 10 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 11 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 12 | But if a child mutates in a big way , so that it has moved a long distance away from its parent in genetic space , what are the odds of its being better than its parent ? |
| 13 | Always with resignation and with grief but buffered by the knowledge that he would no longer be in pain and confusion , by the fact that he 'd had a long and lively life — that he would be at peace at last . |
| 14 | Her eyes opened and she saw that he had tugged a long strand of hair free and was playing it between his fingers . |
| 15 | I retraced my steps , by this time it was 7 pm and I 'd done a long walk and about 45 miles on the bike . |
| 16 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 17 | But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album . |
| 18 | I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’ |
| 19 | And she 's got a long time to use this money , and okay this might be sufficient now , but will it be when she 's seventy , seventy five , so we 've got to make that money work so |
| 20 | Place each new roll at the end of the spiral until you have made a long , coiled snake shape . |
| 21 | She was feeling as if she 'd made a long , exhausting hike instead of just the kilometre or so that she 'd actually walked , but it was n't a bad feeling . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 24 | If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired . |
| 25 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 26 | If you want to live a long , long time in sturdy health you ca n't go wrong in forming the habit of long vigorous walking every day … until it becomes a habit as important to you as eating and sleeping . |
| 27 | Yes cos you 've got a long way |
| 28 | In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue . |
| 29 | H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes . |
| 30 | Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output . |