Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus .
2 ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’
3 It seemed to take a long time to reach the end of the wall and I was about to turn right towards the door of the farm kitchen when from my left I heard the sudden rattle of a chain then a roaring creature launched itself at me , bayed once , mightily , into my face and was gone .
4 It took Rauschning a long time to realise that his standpoint was exactly opposite to Forster 's .
5 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 .
6 And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’
7 Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class .
8 According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up .
9 It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see .
10 After all , she had waited a long time to belong , but she had never realised she could belong so completely .
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