Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 2 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 3 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 5 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 7 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
| 8 | As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you . |
| 9 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 10 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |
| 11 | You 've got a long way to travel . |
| 12 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 13 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 14 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 15 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |
| 16 | Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’ |
| 17 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
| 18 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 19 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 20 | Residents have fought a long campaign to stop some motorists using the roads as a race track . |
| 21 | ‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says . |
| 22 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 23 | I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error . |