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 .
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