Example sentences of "take [pron] a long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the work evaluated in this chapter takes us a long way towards identifying mechanisms for triggering the need for investment , screening the proposals and defining them . |
| 2 | This stress on the interdependence of social phenomena , though it may be circular and is not exhaustive , takes us a long way in understanding the basic dynamics of community life . |
| 3 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 4 | That should take him a long time to . |
| 5 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
| 6 | Closer to Europe the British set up a blockade of Brest , a step which took them a long way towards war with France , and began looking for allies to protect Hanover against France in the event of a continental war . |
| 7 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |
| 8 | Well it 's taken me a long time to even be able to give affection . |
| 9 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 10 | ‘ Take him a long way from the Tree and kill him ! ’ |