Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] a long [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This is a wonderful place — but I do n't want to stay a long time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I cut down a big tree , and then began to make a long hole in it . |
| 16 | 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 . |