Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
| 2 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 3 | I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations . |
| 4 | Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’ |
| 5 | Robert : I need a long nail to go right through . |
| 6 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 7 | " Do you have a long way to go ? " |
| 8 | She took a long time to dress . |
| 9 | And she took a long time to answer it . |
| 10 | For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’ |
| 11 | You 've a long way to go yet and a lot to learn . |
| 12 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 13 | By this time we feel as if we are Hemingway 's companion , hauling out the bodies one by one , so that when he says ‘ Well you waited a long time to get sick brother . |
| 14 | You have a long way to go to win them back . |
| 15 | Elliott : You need a long piece to go right round him . |
| 16 | We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly . |
| 17 | We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home . |
| 18 | The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets . |
| 19 | ‘ We are going to develop inducements and encouragements for a major expansion of research and development , because if we are going to rival our major competitors we have a long way to go in catching up with them . |
| 20 | We know from our informal discussions with politicians of all shades of opinion that we have a long way to go , but many have been sympathetic to our aims . |
| 21 | A Union of Democratic Forces spokesman , Mr Georgi Spassov , said : ‘ This demonstrates that we have a long way to go before we have true democracy in Bulgaria . ’ |
| 22 | The revolution that resulted in molecular biology enabled us to begin to understand many of the processes in the cell at the molecular level , although it must be stressed that we have a long way to go . |
| 23 | So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind . |
| 24 | We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job . |
| 25 | ‘ We have a long way to go before we are able to record and translate accurately such imprints of ourselves left behind in the void of time . |
| 26 | The sponsorship money will be used to upgrade facilities at the Stoop Memorial Ground because , according to chairman Roger Looker , ‘ We recognise we have a long way to go towards what we consider to be adequate facilities , particularly if we sustain our growth ’ . |
| 27 | Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go . |
| 28 | This leads me to believe that the questions surrounding male/female relationships are not simple , and we have a long way to go before we can simply pursue the ‘ if only men would ’ formula . |
| 29 | ‘ We have somewhere between £22,000 and £23,000 in the bank and there is cash still to come in , but we have a long way to go . ’ |
| 30 | In an ideal world we would be recycling and re-using everything , but this is n't possible and we have a long way to go before we can turn all our waste into a resource . |