Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a long " 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 | The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person . |
| 3 | If you want to live a long , long time in sturdy health you ca n't go wrong in forming the habit of long vigorous walking every day … until it becomes a habit as important to you as eating and sleeping . |
| 4 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 5 | Instead , girls who marry or begin sexual congress before or around puberty tend to experience a longer interval between marriage or conjugal union and first birth than do their counterparts who marry later . |
| 6 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 7 | For example , try using a longer piece of airline . |
| 8 | I turn to take a long look down . |
| 9 | They 're , and they 're very good and they , they tend to stay a long time . |
| 10 | Which I think goes a long way . |
| 11 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 12 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 13 | You can start digging about six foot though , start , start digging a long time is your missus now helping you ? |
| 14 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 15 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr McKillop , you 've travelled a long way and you 've worked hard but I think this is as far as you 're likely to get . ’ |
| 17 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on . |
| 19 | We 've come a long , long way in just five years . ’ |
| 20 | They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks ! |
| 21 | I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now . |
| 22 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | You 've come a long way in a short time . ’ |
| 26 | We 've come a long way — with everyday improvements such as … |
| 27 | We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler . |
| 28 | You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't doubt it , Seb , you 've come a long way from the poor , sickly boy who arrived here from London only a couple of years ago . ’ |
| 30 | You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that . |