Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 61 | You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’ |
| 62 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 63 | You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that . |
| 64 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 65 | For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc . |
| 66 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 67 | 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 . |
| 68 | It is a tribute not only to the management at Yarrow but to the workers , who have spent a long time removing ill-considered demarcation practices — and it is as a shipbuilder that I say that . |
| 69 | what 's it called ca n't think of the name of the blooming thing now but it was you did a line across , then you learn to do a long stitch |
| 70 | Place each new roll at the end of the spiral until you have made a long , coiled snake shape . |
| 71 | ‘ You have waited a long time to tell me . |
| 72 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |
| 73 | Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up . |
| 74 | You have had a long life of service and time to look back on it and if I did not know how your arthritis troubles you and with what difficulty you pen your kind notes I would ask you to help me in this . |
| 75 | If you have spent a long day on the airfield , it will be difficult to refuse your turn to fly , even if you are tired . |
| 76 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 77 | Exactly you have to think a long time . |
| 78 | But , ’ he continued seriously , ‘ I do see danger for you and I also feel sorry , as you have come a long way for nothing . ’ |
| 79 | Douglas McIldoon , of the EC , said : ‘ This document demonstrates that you have come a long way in this region and it will give us great pleasure in working with you to make it happen . ’ |
| 80 | 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 … |
| 81 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
| 82 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
| 83 | I think it 's fair to say that we 've gone a long , long way in Oxford to breaking down barriers with regard to the inspection priorities , and we are in a position within the city where we have nature of , if you like , technicians and staff that are doing jobs that in many other surrounding areas , and indeed throughout the country are the prerogative of E H O , and these include areas specified as high-risk by MAFF , and include a great bulk of all customer and consumer complaints . |
| 84 | ‘ We 've come a long way , you and I , ’ Michael went on . |
| 85 | We 've come a long , long way in just five years . ’ |
| 86 | ‘ We 've come a long way since the U.2 fiasco . ’ |
| 87 | 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 . |
| 88 | 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 . |
| 89 | We 've come a long way — with everyday improvements such as … |
| 90 | We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler . |