Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] have [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading . |
| 3 | ‘ We demonstrated that we have come a long way since our first game in Zimbabwe . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Place each new roll at the end of the spiral until you have made a long , coiled snake shape . |
| 6 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 9 | The new owners will continue to develop distribution in Wales for Harp , Kronenbourg 1664 and Satzenbrau Pils and they have signed a long term trading deal with Harp for the supply of Harp and Guinness products . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them . |
| 12 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 13 | But I have come a long way since then |
| 14 | There are still many gaps , but we have come a long way . |
| 15 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 16 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |