Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even broken sets can fetch large sums , and a complete bound run is likely to cost the buyer anything up to £4,000 , which would have gone a long way to paying Ackermann 's army of workmen . |
| 2 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 3 | ‘ Undoubtedly , you would have to think a long while before knowing which you prefer . ’ |
| 4 | But the plain fact is , and genuinely I mean this , er , er , erm , if it were as simple working across the boundaries between yourselves and the Health Authority , between yourselves and the private sector , with the voluntary sector , and the great army of unpaid helpers if it was that simple , erm , then we would have moved a long way along that line towards implementation of a humane and caring care in the community twenty years ago , when these debates first started . |
| 5 | He would have lived a long and full life had it not been for Flodden . ’ |
| 6 | If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump . |