Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commuters to the capital obviously decided to take a long weekend or were put up in hotels overnight by their employers , said a spokesman . |
| 2 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 3 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 4 | Kulaks who joined the Imperial Navy , even in the commissioned ranks , did not normally expect to enjoy a long life . |
| 5 | Melanie thought that at least Uncle Philip could have bought her a sewing machine , so she need not have to stitch the long seams by hand . |
| 6 | In the example of the paperclip business the purchaser may already have its own metal foundry and surplus premises and will not wish to acquire the long term supply contracts or factory premises . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're already trying to heal the long rift . |
| 9 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 10 | The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education . |
| 11 | When everyone first subbed , the local mailer machine always chose to use the long form ( eg ) . |
| 12 | It 's a million miles in style from our usual sweeping lawns and landscaped vistas , but in the latest in our series Summer Gardens , we visit the little piece of England where a little really HAS to go a long way . |
| 13 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 14 | This is a wonderful place — but I do n't want to stay a long time . |
| 15 | Er well I do n't want to make a long speech , ladies and gentlemen , but when you return to the States I hope you 'll take some happy memories with you and remember , we have not forgot you , especially those chaps who failed to return . |
| 16 | It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now . |
| 17 | A path is simply a set of instructions like that , but you do n't have to type a long string of commands to do the job . |
| 18 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 19 | ‘ Those sorts of people do n't tend to notice the long hours ! ’ |
| 20 | It is nowadays quite unrealistic for a tenant even to attempt to secure a long letting of commercial property at a fixed rack rent ; and no well-advised landlord would grant such a lease . |
| 21 | Brough Park 's leading performer of late , Burnhope Jimmy , will be strongly fancied to win the Long March Stayers Stakes , over 670 metres , having won a similar event at Middlesbrough earlier in the month . |
| 22 | I cut down a big tree , and then began to make a long hole in it . |
| 23 | Eleanor told him she understood , kissed him and then left to start the long journey home . |
| 24 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 25 | She watched her long jump protoge Yinka Idowu sadly fail to reach the long jump final after opening with two no jumps . |