Example sentences of "it would [verb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a long time it 'd take a long time . |
| 2 | It would mean a longer walk for them round the northward coil of the river , but that was a small matter once they were out of the town . |
| 3 | Murray confirmed only that the deal had been agreed and that it would go a long way towards cutting Rangers ' overdraft of £9.5 million . |
| 4 | If it were made good , it would go a long way towards providing a justification for denying English the place in our educational system which we demand for it . |
| 5 | If you could try to look as if you 're being guarded , it would go a long way . |
| 6 | However , there is an equally wide body of opinion , expressed mainly by manufacturing industries , which oppose such a move because it believes that it would disrupt the long period of uninterrupted production between the August holiday and the Christmas break . |
| 7 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 8 | The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety . |
| 9 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 10 | It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more . |
| 11 | The Eradicator may well be the solution ; tests conducted by Ray have certainly proved encouraging , and it would take a long string of coincidences to attain the results he has achieved by any other means . |