Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
| 2 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 3 | I think it was Old Harlow or Hoddesdon somewhere I used to go , I know a long way off we had to go because there was n't anything round here was there ? |
| 4 | Well I know a long while ago |
| 5 | " I know a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ I live a long way out of town . ’ |
| 7 | Unhappily , such days do not come too often , for I live a long way from Ringwood and it is a very popular river in that area . |
| 8 | I live a long way away , actually . |
| 9 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 10 | I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations . |
| 11 | Like asparagus , I take a long time to grow and am easily killed off . ’ |
| 12 | Robert : I need a long nail to go right through . |
| 13 | Although I feel I have a long way to go , I 'm a lot more aware of myself , so whenever I get twinges of pain I adjust accordingly and the pain immediately eases . |
| 14 | I have a long reach , remember , and a long memory . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I have a long standing arrangement to meet Mr Anderson this week . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I have a long memory . |
| 17 | The old woman looked at her speculatively , ‘ I have a long memory . |
| 18 | ‘ I have a long memory , all of it coloured by the past , ’ Jenna said bitterly , and he let her go , his expression disgusted . |
| 19 | ‘ I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow . |
| 20 | I spend a long time thinking about Marie and some of the things we done together . |
| 21 | I spend a long time with the Emergency Bed Service on the neighbour 's phone . |
| 22 | No , I mean I , cos I , you know I , i I spend a long time coarse fishing so I understand actual fishing for pleasure as opposed |
| 23 | A short continuous crisis , the origins and consequences of which cover a long period , seems to be the double requirement of tragedy and its double relationship to time . |
| 24 | Pro Arte brushes have lovely points which last a long time . |
| 25 | Sage , rosemary and lavender need no visual description , though it is not always realized that sage has spikes of vividly blue-mauve flowers which last a long time and are highly magnetic to bees . |
| 26 | The reader should be aware , however , that recent years have seen the enactment of a number of important statutory forms of liability in particular areas of exceptional risk which go a long way towards avoiding the likelihood of protracted litigation inherent in the ill-defined nature of the rules of strict liability at common law . |
| 27 | The regulations , which go a long way towards updating the older health and safety laws , cover a wide range of basic health , safety and welfare issues . |
| 28 | Fe climb me family tree yu need a long ladder , |
| 29 | The battle of politics and ideas which focuses on the inner city represents a conflict between sets of interests and values which have a long history , dating at least from the 1830s and the New Poor Law of 1834 . |
| 30 | He admitted that this would involve ‘ a change in mentalities , ways of thinking and prejudices , all of which have a long history ’ . |