Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 … . ’ |
| 2 | The next day I had to wear a long Kamiz over my trousers and have a scarf covering my head — can you imagine going to school like that … |
| 3 | I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late . |
| 4 | I had to wait a long time shut in . |
| 5 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 6 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 7 | How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence ? |
| 8 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 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 | Although she had had a shower before going to the boat , she decided to take a long bath . |
| 11 | She decided to join the long taxi queue . |
| 12 | But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because |
| 13 | Those normal , straightforward girls are part ofa society that she chose to leave a long time ago . |
| 14 | You learned to speak a long time ago and , no doubt , you have talked a good deal since then . |
| 15 | For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc . |
| 16 | It was a little bit awkward , because she wanted to spend a long weekend there in July , and I had to sort out the dates with Alex to make sure they did n't clash . |
| 17 | what 's it called ca n't think of the name of the blooming thing now but it was you did a line across , then you learn to do a long stitch |
| 18 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |
| 19 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 20 | Exactly you have to think a long time . |
| 21 | If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners … |
| 22 | Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output . |
| 23 | We continue to accept the long term UN target for aid of 0.7 per cent of GNP , although we can not set a timetable for its achievement . |
| 24 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said . |
| 26 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 27 | They 're , and they 're very good and they , they tend to stay a long time . |
| 28 | Well what they 're doing actually it 's quite right because they 're they tended to play the long ball to Steve Walsh so that he could head it down and what they 're doing actually they 've got two four foot eight forwards in Jochim and Speedy and a nine foot seven winger Ormanroyd |
| 29 | They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field . |
| 30 | Was it easier for them was it easy for them to pick up work or would they have been woul would they have to face a long time on the dole or ? |