Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [art] long [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The investment represents a personal victory for the city 's Principal Arts Officer , Elizabeth Goodall , who has led a long campaign to educate local politicians of the cultural and economic rewards to be reaped from properly investing in the visual arts infrastructure . |
| 2 | This minor impediment for the flanker is just sufficient to allow a fraction more time and space for the half-back to get things moving and has gone a long way to assist in opening the game up . |
| 3 | I think the Home Secretary has gone a long way to meet many anxieties which were expressed |
| 4 | The pyramid has taken a long time to crumble . |
| 5 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 6 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 7 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 8 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
| 9 | Such a measure has taken a long time to appear . |
| 10 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
| 11 | He 'd spent a long time twisting bits of wire together and finding a safe way to steal electricity from the fusebox . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought we 'd taken a long time to get here . ’ |
| 13 | If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump . |
| 14 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 15 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 17 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 19 | You 've got a long way to go before you can set up on your own . |
| 20 | As I say you 've er , you 've got a long way to go , okay , fine thank you . |
| 21 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 22 | It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go . |
| 23 | You 've got a long way to travel . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 26 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 27 | Then , there was a description of the child 's functioning : he had taken a long time to settle into school , e.g. routine and order of the class . |
| 28 | According to Sutton , Pilger made him cancel interviews which had taken a long time to set up . |
| 29 | He had quite liked the thought of being fit and athletic some time in the future , although the signs had taken a long time coming . |
| 30 | It was a day that twenty one soldiers had waited a long time to see . |