Example sentences of "we [vb base] [verb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners …
2 Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output .
3 We continue to accept the long term UN target for aid of 0.7 per cent of GNP , although we can not set a timetable for its achievement .
4 But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this .
5 But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this .
6 We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on .
7 We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’
8 In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue .
9 H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes .
10 We 've come a long way — with everyday improvements such as …
11 We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler .
12 We 've come a long way since a 1953 bride-to-be wrote a despairing plea to a weekly magazine for someone to offer a more varied menu than cold ham , salad and trifle for her wedding breakfast .
13 It does n't need me to say that we 've got a long way to go .
14 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
15 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 .
16 I mean I 'll be upset about our Whisky , 'cos we 're , I mean , we 've had a long time , although she 's not a pet pet , you know what I mean .
17 If we can achieve this , we have gone a long way towards solving the axe typology problem since groups of similarly shaped axes would appear as distinct clusters on the page and could be easily identified by eye .
18 Certainly we have gone a long way to improve the ‘ traditional ’ British Rail sandwich . ’
19 We have travelled a long way from the traditional " dualist " and " monist " views of style outlined in Chapter 1 .
20 We have travelled a long way from the original accelerationist hypothesis as set out in Friedman 's Presidential Address .
21 Truly , we have travelled a long way from the high hopes and higher hyperbole of the 1980s , when inward investment offered a fast-track escape route from a crumbling manufacturing base .
22 What follows may suggest that we have moved a long way from the consideration of reading .
23 Will my hon. Friend please comment on the cost of that and on the fact that , 50 years after the Beveridge report , we have moved a long way from the principle of paying into the kitty through insurance before being allowed to draw out of it ?
24 We have waited a long time to have car tax taken off , but VAT is still 17.5 per cent , ’ he says .
25 We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska , ’ he said .
26 So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) .
27 We have got a long road ahead but he will get fit because he is so determined . ’
28 Thus Galadriel says of her life , ‘ Through ages of the world we have fought the long defeat ’ .
29 Wigan chairman Jack Robinson said : ‘ We have had a long period of success under a lot of good coaches and we are confident John can do a great job for us . ’
30 I just want to briefly introduce this , I do n't want to speak in any great , we have had a long debate in house do you if you wish to engage in a long debate again in view of the time tonight .
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