Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Douglas McIldoon , of the EC , said : ‘ This document demonstrates that you have come a long way in this region and it will give us great pleasure in working with you to make it happen . ’ |
| 2 | I think it 's fair to say that we 've gone a long , long way in Oxford to breaking down barriers with regard to the inspection priorities , and we are in a position within the city where we have nature of , if you like , technicians and staff that are doing jobs that in many other surrounding areas , and indeed throughout the country are the prerogative of E H O , and these include areas specified as high-risk by MAFF , and include a great bulk of all customer and consumer complaints . |
| 3 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |
| 4 | What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading . |
| 5 | ‘ We demonstrated that we have come a long way since our first game in Zimbabwe . |
| 6 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 7 | I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’ |
| 8 | Place each new roll at the end of the spiral until you have made a long , coiled snake shape . |
| 9 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 10 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 11 | If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired . |
| 12 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 13 | If you want to live a long , long time in sturdy health you ca n't go wrong in forming the habit of long vigorous walking every day … until it becomes a habit as important to you as eating and sleeping . |
| 14 | Yes cos you 've got a long way |
| 15 | In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue . |
| 16 | H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes . |
| 17 | The new owners will continue to develop distribution in Wales for Harp , Kronenbourg 1664 and Satzenbrau Pils and they have signed a long term trading deal with Harp for the supply of Harp and Guinness products . |
| 18 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 19 | This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them . |
| 20 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 21 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 22 | But I have come a long way since then |
| 23 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
| 24 | There are still many gaps , but we have come a long way . |
| 25 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 26 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 27 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 28 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |
| 29 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |