Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 … . ’ |
| 2 | The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person . |
| 3 | I turn to take a long look down . |
| 4 | Which I think goes a long way . |
| 5 | I 've travelled a long way today . ’ |
| 6 | I 've lived a long life — a useful one too , I hope . |
| 7 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 8 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 11 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've had a long day , Nora . |
| 13 | I 've had a long life and many blessings and you 've been one of the best . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've had a long chat with Vinnie , ’ said Kinnear . |
| 15 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |
| 16 | I 've come a long way — I may have to go much farther — and I 'm not turning back now . |
| 17 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 18 | But I 've come a long way and er so I 'll go back next er Wednesday to the department and er er if people will bear with me and put up with it er I 'll take it er fairly slowly to start with but I dare say there will come a time when er erm you wo n't notice much difference . |
| 19 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've spent a long , long time thinking about this . |
| 21 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 22 | I 've got a long lonely road home in front of me . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty , ’ she 'd say . |
| 24 | I 've got a long drive tomorrow . |
| 25 | ‘ No — but only because I 've got a long drive ahead of me . |
| 26 | Erm , I 'd like to welcome you to the Industrial Training Board , I spent about four and a half years with training scheme , and I actually originated in er , engineering , so er , I 've got a long track record , perhaps of training and er , an even long track record working , so I wo n't give you too hard a time . |
| 27 | mm , I 've got a long way to go yet then have I ? |
| 28 | But I have gone a long way from my original fine lace and the number of strokes of the lace carriage . |
| 29 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I have waited a long time for this chance and it 's up to me to make the most of it . |