Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not returning calls , or taking a long time to do so . |
| 2 | They begin well enough , rolling on to their backs , gaping the mouth awkwardly wide and allowing the long tongue to loll lifelessly from their sagging jaws . |
| 3 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 4 | Wild rice has a very nutty flavour and takes a long time to cook . |
| 5 | The more entrenched feeding problems can be very difficult to treat and take a long time to show improvement . |
| 6 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 7 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 8 | The lance shivered , the shaft splintering halfway down to the guard , and Hotspur hurled it from him , and reached a long arm to snatch at the bridle as he was swept past , and drag the terrified horse to its feet again . |
| 9 | Richards won the toss and took a long time to decide to bat ; when he did so Dilley bowled superbly , and five wickets went down for just 54 . |
| 10 | She felt constrained to sit and light-headed when she rose and crossed the long boards to fold back the shutters and open the windows wide . |
| 11 | The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her . |
| 12 | I 'm fifty and have a long way to go . |
| 13 | They were an extremely good fit and required a long drift to remove them . |