Example sentences of "[vb pp] a long [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The players , myself and the staff have come a long way together and are not about to let all the hard work go down the drain . ’ |
| 2 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 3 | We have got a long road ahead but he will get fit because he is so determined . ’ |
| 4 | We have spoken about old partners as if they will always have had a long life together and that is indeed the case in many of the pairs whom we currently encounter . |
| 5 | He did refer to the fact that , if the trial proceeded , witnesses would be giving evidence about things that had occurred a long time ago and said that he did ‘ not think that is a position which is salvaged or saved by reason of the fact that there are in being notebooks , that there are in being witness statements . ’ |
| 6 | It may be that there is now enough information available to answer questions that were asked a long time ago but never answered . |
| 7 | Besides , he 'd learned a long time before that you can love a person without loving what they do . |
| 8 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
| 9 | You know , you 'd think things had changed a long time ago but erm I remember having Chrissy in that yard when he was a baby in his pushchair where and there was the coalman 's horse and erm |