Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1	‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’
2	I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress .
3	‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say .
4	You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own .
5	As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you .
6	mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ?
7	It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go .
8	You 've got a long way to travel .
9	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
10	They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon
11	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 . "
12	After all , they have had a long time to become used to them .
13	Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’
14	The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge .
15	The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
16	The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps .
17	Residents have fought a long campaign to stop some motorists using the roads as a race track .
18	‘ We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says .
19	‘ You have waited a long time to tell me .
20	I have waited a long time to catch The Economist out on an egregious factual error .

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