Example sentences of "[verb] them a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't mind seeing them a long way off , ’ said the worried lady nome . |
| 2 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 3 | It 's funny you know , if you give them a long name |
| 4 | I should like to thank Edward and Peter for their years of service to the Diocese and to wish them a long and happy retirement . |
| 5 | And now , with the way that the human take it to the medical profession for giving them a longer life expectancy , thirty percent of people are diseased . |
| 6 | ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’ |
| 7 | However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles . |
| 8 | THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | it took them a long time to begin with when he started . |
| 11 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 12 | and then they informed me that it was out of stock so I wrote them rather a a polite letter saying that it took them a long to realize it was out of stock when it had been ordered in March and erm I thought their communi communicative system in their office was er non existent . |
| 13 | But it also seemed that the Treasury had wanted to forget about the competition , as three days later Hall sent them a long and detailed reminder about its progress . |
| 14 | We wish them a long , healthy and happy retirement . |
| 15 | We wish them a long , healthy and happy retirement . |
| 16 | We wish them a long , healthy and happy retirement . |