Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think she 's going to go a long way — which she deserves to . ’ |
| 2 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
| 3 | When attempting to establish a long ley , the greatest care should therefore be taken to limit grazing and treading to times of good weather and soil conditions . |
| 4 | If you are doing a lot of work reports , you 're going to do a longer transcription , and the transcription 's going to , cos you 've got to make sure that your transcription 's according to the basis of consistent in its way around . |
| 5 | It 's important that garden steps are both easy and safe to use , especially if they 're going to form a long flight . |
| 6 | I never say my work is going to last a long time — usually five to ten years , though obviously the smaller pieces which are kept inside last as long as people look after them . |
| 7 | The war 's going to last a long time yet . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've still got Jasper and he 's going to have a long and happy life , ’ she declared . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I 'm just telling you that if you are then you 're going to have a long love affair with your right hand because I 'm straight and so is Rod . |
| 10 | Now I 'm going to have a long cold drink in a quiet garden with my daughter and her new young man . |
| 11 | ‘ This is going to take a long time , ’ said Tony . |
| 12 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 13 | It 's going to take a long time yet . |
| 14 | That 's going to take a long time . |
| 15 | We have come to realize that many of us will not see the improvements in our quality of life , as this is going to take a long time . |
| 16 | The libel laws should be changed to provide a ‘ fast track ’ system allowing victims of media falsehoods to correct them quickly without having to wait a long time for their cases to go to court and gamble on the result . |
| 17 | But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because |
| 18 | oh it 's not my type mm Penny 's having to wait a long while for her birthday is n't she ? , |
| 19 | They are most grateful for a pump within yards of their homes , instead of having to walk a long way to a dirty water-hole . |
| 20 | It , it , it does n't make you feel , it possibly would n't make people feel very happy about having to walk a long , a long way within the complex , once having got into it . |