Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commuters to the capital obviously decided to take a long weekend or were put up in hotels overnight by their employers , said a spokesman . |
| 2 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 3 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 4 | Kulaks who joined the Imperial Navy , even in the commissioned ranks , did not normally expect to enjoy a long life . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait . |
| 6 | If country banks were a product of the latter half of the eighteenth century , country banking functionally defined has a longer history , despite the fact that only a dozen institutions formally known as banks were in existence before 1750 . |
| 7 | The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education . |
| 8 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 9 | The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh also has had a long involvement with the cultivation and development of plants with medicinal properties and we have our own Scottish traditions of herbal cures for a long list of ailments . |
| 10 | Home-grown : Edinburgh 's Royal Botanic Garden also has had a long involvement with the development of plants with medicinal properties |
| 11 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 12 | The Prince , of course , had to go and say hello , and disappeared once again , emerging ten minutes later having had a long discussion with the chief brass player . |
| 13 | The fourth John Booth founded another major firm in partnership with John Hartop and George Binks , whose own families also had had a long involvement in the local metal trades . |
| 14 | This means that , although it was originally intended to publish a longer work , it was never completed and that the three volumes out of the planned six , or some other combination , are all that will ever be available , unless some other author is eventually commissioned to complete the job . |
| 15 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
| 16 | He quietly looked into solving his problems , he got some treatment and really has come a long way . |
| 17 | She really did have a long way to go , and she had not yet learned to recognise the precise lineaments , the demeanour and the shape of the shadow of Stan . |
| 18 | A little really does go a long way , so apply sparingly , by dotting on minute amounts and rubbing in well — only re-apply every three hours or so . |
| 19 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 20 | A much quoted example is in Latin American cultures , where sales representatives are often kept waiting a long time for a business appointment ; in our culture this would be unorthodox , and at best it would be seen as being very bad mannered . |
| 21 | This is a wonderful place — but I do n't want to stay a long time . |
| 22 | Er well I do n't want to make a long speech , ladies and gentlemen , but when you return to the States I hope you 'll take some happy memories with you and remember , we have not forgot you , especially those chaps who failed to return . |
| 23 | It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now . |
| 24 | A path is simply a set of instructions like that , but you do n't have to type a long string of commands to do the job . |
| 25 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 26 | It is nowadays quite unrealistic for a tenant even to attempt to secure a long letting of commercial property at a fixed rack rent ; and no well-advised landlord would grant such a lease . |
| 27 | I cut down a big tree , and then began to make a long hole in it . |
| 28 | The fans up there have waited a long time . |
| 29 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 30 | He is still extremely grateful to the SMH , though his results on behalf of the paper since have gone a long way to repaying any debt of gratitude . |