Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] a long way " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | ‘ I live a long way out of town . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I live a long way away , actually . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But markets provide useful competition with local banks , which have a long way to go before they learn to allocate capital efficiently . |
| 11 | You walk a long way when you go to , across Crackside . |
| 12 | At least one of them will have the whippier shaft which , I suspect , might in itself go a long way to doing the trick . ’ |
| 13 | Fire extinguishers for home use are not generally recommended by fire prevention experts , except as a safeguard it you live a long way from your nearest fire station . |
| 14 | For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’ |
| 15 | You 've a long way to go yet and a lot to learn . |
| 16 | You have a long way to go to win them back . |
| 17 | We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route . |
| 18 | We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly . |
| 19 | I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues . |
| 20 | ‘ Have n't we come a long way ? ’ he said , and collapsed . |
| 21 | ‘ We are going to develop inducements and encouragements for a major expansion of research and development , because if we are going to rival our major competitors we have a long way to go in catching up with them . |
| 22 | We know from our informal discussions with politicians of all shades of opinion that we have a long way to go , but many have been sympathetic to our aims . |
| 23 | A Union of Democratic Forces spokesman , Mr Georgi Spassov , said : ‘ This demonstrates that we have a long way to go before we have true democracy in Bulgaria . ’ |
| 24 | The revolution that resulted in molecular biology enabled us to begin to understand many of the processes in the cell at the molecular level , although it must be stressed that we have a long way to go . |
| 25 | So it is clear we have a long way to go before we can store up all the experiences of humankind . |
| 26 | We have a long way to go before society really shifts in attitude , and both men and women assume that caring is not only a woman 's job . |
| 27 | ‘ We have a long way to go before we are able to record and translate accurately such imprints of ourselves left behind in the void of time . |
| 28 | The sponsorship money will be used to upgrade facilities at the Stoop Memorial Ground because , according to chairman Roger Looker , ‘ We recognise we have a long way to go towards what we consider to be adequate facilities , particularly if we sustain our growth ’ . |
| 29 | Perhaps we are just beginning to see how the brain works , but we have a long way to go . |
| 30 | This leads me to believe that the questions surrounding male/female relationships are not simple , and we have a long way to go before we can simply pursue the ‘ if only men would ’ formula . |