Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [to-vb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grandson Richard 's reply seemed to take a long time . |
| 2 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 3 | If that means sterling has to have a long leave of absence , judicial separation or divorce from the ERM , so be it . |
| 4 | Why do you think many of the farmers prefer to have a long ley in each field rather than changing from arable crops to grass every one or two years ? |
| 5 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 6 | ‘ People have to spend a long time with robot animals first . |
| 7 | Lewis plans to take a long break — in Britain — after first heading to Las Vegas to commentate for Sky TV on the November 13 title battle between reigning champion Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe that will decide his opponent next April . |
| 8 | The man who says when you need a door opened to save a long walk — ‘ It 's more than my jobsworth , mate ’ . |
| 9 | However , the alleged principle appears to go a long way beyond authority . |
| 10 | That is about what would be expected if a short burst of neutrons with a range of energies had to travel a long distance ; the slower , less-energetic neutrons would lag behind those with more energy . |
| 11 | A long time in the dark and he d have to go a long way round if he was n't to upset the sheep and alert Jack . |
| 12 | And their bride has to wear er , all in red and er the bridegroo er groom has to wear a long costume with a red big flowers in front i aha and then they get married and there 's erm band , the Chinese traditional band with drums and trumpets blowing all the time and er , all the guests have a very nice time . |
| 13 | In late 1919 Eliot resolved to begin a long poem . |