Example sentences of "[pron] 's [adv] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It may not be ready in time , I told her , there 's still a long way to go . |
2 | There 's still a long way to go , but for both the major parties in the UK , computer campaigning in the constituencies is now widespread . |
3 | There 's still a long way to go . |
4 | Even getting it all set up to get you this far may have taxed your fortune to the limit already and there 's still a long way to go . |
5 | They say that there 's still a long way to go before the transformation is complete , but there is no doubt that Wallingford is coming out — tops ! |
6 | So for Swindon there 's still a long way to go . |
7 | This was how it looked two years ago — now there 's more height in the garden , but there 's still a long way to go . |
8 | Helen Atkins , the Council 's solicitor dealing with the issue , says the Authority has to act on the complaints it received over the summer , but admits there 's still a long way to go . |
9 | It is an ambition of hers , but she reckons there 's still a long way to go . |
10 | ‘ It 's rather a long story . |
11 | I have n't actually got the , got page , it 's rather a long case |
12 | ‘ It 's rather a long way , though . |
13 | It 's rather a long time is n't it ? |
14 | He began explaining , straight on , then first right , on to the second set of lights … etcetera … etcetera … it 's rather a long walk , sir , he concluded . |
15 | it 's just a long drive over there |
16 | So it 's quite a long while ago and I 've travelled round quite a bit since then . |
17 | N no I don er it 's quite a long st we it 's quite a long story . |
18 | that 's quite a drop you know , because it 's quite a long way down |
19 | " You 'll probably have plenty of time to do something about your trouble anyway , " he said to Willis , " it 's quite a long business , arranging the sale of these boats . |
20 | If you plant a crop , it 's quite a long time before it |
21 | ‘ It 's quite a long time since I made any . |
22 | That it 's quite a long time to achieve . |
23 | It 's quite a long time since breakfast . ’ |
24 | Since 1986 's ‘ It 's Only A Long Way Across ’ , his songs have come wrapped in an electric blanket which has been soaked in the bog-holes of Ireland and then dry cleaned in the side alleys of Greenwich Village . |
25 | ‘ But it 's still a long way off . |
26 | It 's still a long way off ! ’ |
27 | ‘ The evidence shows that while it is swinging slowly , it 's still a long way from the centre and it 's certainly not swinging the other way . ’ |
28 | I think the main reason for so many wasps this year is to , warm summers , and but it 's basically the long summer period , because we started , you see on the wasp complaints in May , which we do n't really start until half way through June , and we kept going right through , right until the middle of October , and they normally stop round the end of August , so that 's the main reason ; a very long , hot summer . |
29 | I mean Stephen is a heck of a long time ago , he 's the very first martyr , and we although we celebrate his feast day still on December the twenty sixth because he is the first martyr , he 's quite a long way away . |
30 | But he 's still a long way to go , poor little sod . |