Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb base] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 2 | Add the possible problem with the wart , her upset at being all but mobbed by the crowd on a very hot day , and her apparently being carried off a true course in the straight by Achilles , and you have a long menu of excuses or explanations . |
| 3 | And you have a long walk . ’ |
| 4 | And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon . |
| 5 | ‘ You ladies take far too long over your drinks , and we have a long drive ahead of us . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case . |
| 7 | This leads me to believe that the questions surrounding male/female relationships are not simple , and we have a long way to go before we can simply pursue the ‘ if only men would ’ formula . |
| 8 | In an ideal world we would be recycling and re-using everything , but this is n't possible and we have a long way to go before we can turn all our waste into a resource . |
| 9 | The new proposals on water competition were introduced following our discussion in Committee , and they go a long way to improving competition in the water industry . |