Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] a long " in BNC.
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| 61 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |
| 62 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
| 63 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 64 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 65 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 66 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 67 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 68 | I 've lived a long life — a useful one too , I hope . |
| 69 | We have travelled a long way from the traditional " dualist " and " monist " views of style outlined in Chapter 1 . |
| 70 | But the family sat on with the inertia of those who have travelled a long way and are reluctant to face the effort of arrival . |
| 71 | All in all , they have travelled a long way since that night when Santos led a nervous band of campesinos , complete with a BBC camera crew , onto Doña Elsa 's cattle ranch . |
| 72 | We have travelled a long way from the original accelerationist hypothesis as set out in Friedman 's Presidential Address . |
| 73 | 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 . |
| 74 | The only difficulty you might face is in getting the right look — doors that match the style of your house — but manufacturers have come a long way from the early aluminium-framed types , and a range of styles is now available . |
| 75 | Simulators have come a long way in recent years and today many of them use screen addressing to update the information . |
| 76 | The Social Democrats have come a long way since the early 1980s when , newly tossed into opposition , the party was crippled by defeatism . |
| 77 | Our cosmetics and toiletries have come a long way since the days when Elizabeth I used highly toxic lead powder to whiten and enhance her complexion ! |
| 78 | Fainting goats have come a long way since the days when farmers used them as decoys to protect herds of sheep from coyotes ( coyote arrives ; goat faints and is devoured ; sheep escape ) . |
| 79 | We have come a long way . |
| 80 | We have come a long way since the idealism of Lord Devlin — and that was only twenty years ago . |
| 81 | In the event , the announcement was premature ; but fusion researchers have come a long way since then |
| 82 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |
| 83 | Wintec and Thorowgood saddles have come a long way since early designs and Thorowgood also make wipe-clean bridles that look smart enough for most occasions . |
| 84 | We have come a long way since then , and one of the greatest stresses in the world today is loneliness . |
| 85 | Microwave ovens have come a long way since they first appeared in our kitchens about 20 years ago , but how do you know which type will suit your style of cooking ? |
| 86 | The Inspirals have come a long way from 1989 's full-tilt three-minute organ romp early days . |
| 87 | But manufacturers have come a long way from the aluminium-framed picture windows that disfigured so many homes in the early days of the replacement window boom , and a wide range of window styles is now available . |
| 88 | First we felt that women have come a long way given the very radical and novel nature of their demands to enter public life as individuals in their own right . |
| 89 | And while the original Ethernet spec was a lowest-common-denominator approach , using the crudest cable and a distinctly modest data rate , things have come a long way since then . |
| 90 | There are still many gaps , but we have come a long way . |