Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Koo Stark was out there in the powder room and seemed to identify with my predicament ; indeed she promised to procure me a long thin-necked vessel and return . |
| 2 | He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’ |
| 3 | That 's why it has taken me a long time to say ‘ I do work hard , so I need people to do this kind of stuff ’ . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm a slow learner and it has taken me a long time to get there . |
| 5 | " It has taken me a long time to get here , " said the jubilant Mancunian as he left the press centre to start his celebrations . |
| 6 | This view of acting behaviour as no more than role function has taken us a long time to understand . |
| 7 | erm and I think maybe that you , you jumped in should n't have done that er because obviously M Martin got quite defensive at that point you know because you were only going there to do this financial planning service and er selling them anything , you were just offering this financial planning service and then you jumped in with these , when I come back with my recommendations erm tt I also thought that erm you know it was a little bit dodgy actually to say you , well you know erm tt we have found that our records are incorrect and I thought well then that maybe and erm you went ve you went very o when you were talking about the dependants erm you , you you did n't seem to get into er erm how many children have you got and is there any other dependants , it , you , it seemed to take you a long time to actually get there . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't mind seeing them a long way off , ’ said the worried lady nome . |
| 9 | Cadfael turned to give him a long , thoughtful look , and a few white petals that had floated and lodged in the rough cloth of his sleeve caught the stirring of air from the door , and floated free again , riding the draught into the pale , bright sunlight . |
| 10 | If you do n't know them it 's going to take you a long time . |
| 11 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 13 | Because I started doing it a long time ago |
| 14 | ‘ They say they 're tough and taste of fish , ’ Marian said ; ‘ we shall have to roast it a long time . ’ |
| 15 | It may have taken me a long time to find out about him . |
| 16 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 17 | ‘ I meant to ask you a long time ago and I forgot to . |
| 18 | Likewise Jacob , his father , had given him a long robe with sleeves , for he ‘ loved Joseph more than any other of his children ’ ( Gen. 37:3 ) . |
| 19 | You 've had yours a long t a minute ago cos I 've picked it up for somebody else . |
| 20 | Well you , I mean to say that I 've had mine a long time and you ai n't done much mileage on it . |
| 21 | And I and when you 've had it a long time you |
| 22 | Well we 've had it a long time do n't know how long it lasts . |
| 23 | Er a pair of shoes if you bought it had to last you a long long time . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've known her a long while ? ’ |
| 25 | You 've known him a long time ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've known him a long time , ’ Maggie said desperately , knowing quite well that she was being taunted and feeling just a little defenceless . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't forget who you 're talking to here — I 've known you a long time , remember ? |
| 28 | The soldiers had found it a long and tiring period . |
| 29 | It had taken her a long time to get over that . |
| 30 | It had taken him a long time to adjust himself to this , but now it no longer irritated him , and he felt only pity for his wife . |