Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [verb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 2 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 3 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 4 | Feel as if I had lived a long time and done very little . |
| 5 | But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album . |
| 6 | Place each new roll at the end of the spiral until you have made a long , coiled snake shape . |
| 7 | She was feeling as if she 'd made a long , exhausting hike instead of just the kilometre or so that she 'd actually walked , but it was n't a bad feeling . |
| 8 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 9 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 10 | If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired . |
| 11 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 12 | If you want to live a long , long time in sturdy health you ca n't go wrong in forming the habit of long vigorous walking every day … until it becomes a habit as important to you as eating and sleeping . |
| 13 | Yes cos you 've got a long way |
| 14 | Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output . |
| 15 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 16 | This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them . |
| 17 | The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence . |
| 18 | The way in which forests are disappearing , land is becoming desert , erm food is not being grown in areas where it used to be grown , those are disasters , but what we 're talking about is the , the rather more sudden event which , which you know reaches a crescendo , even if it does take a long time to develop , like a famine , nevertheless the disaster is considered to be that point when perhaps thousands of people are in very desperate need of food . |
| 19 | The stranger 's clothes were dusty and muddy , as if he had travelled a long way . |
| 20 | That one 's nice over by there cos it 's got the long hair . |
| 21 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 22 | 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 . " |
| 23 | Florence Ames was quieter about it , as though she had the measure of things because she had spent a long time in looking at them . |
| 24 | It was a little bit awkward , because she wanted to spend a long weekend there in July , and I had to sort out the dates with Alex to make sure they did n't clash . |
| 25 | Another dealer explained : ‘ There are some punters who will buy a stock just because it has fallen a long way . ’ |
| 26 | Kate , pregnant with her second baby , thought she knew what to expect when it came to giving birth , especially since she 'd had a long labour first time round . |
| 27 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 28 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |
| 29 | She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey . |
| 30 | ‘ You know why I 'm here , ’ she said , her voice rasping in her throat as though she had run a long way . |