Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mother Bernie had said so a long time ago and all Preston 's life 's experiences since then had born it out . |
| 32 | What the authorities failed to realise was that in the few years since the war had ended , aircraft design had moved forward a long way , and there had been a rapid development of jet aircraft of which Tank had little or no real experience — he had not been involved in this critical new phase . |
| 33 | erm on the next er , item er we have er on item ten we 've got the welfare rights and er advice and we 've got quite a long report which I hope you 'll agree is an excellent report , er and er Sue is here to present it . |
| 34 | Now , we 've got quite a long list , colleagues , of , er , members of the European Parliament and members of Parliament who will be with us during the course of the week for for short stays er Euro European MPs first , er Linden , Cheshire West secretary of the European P L P Steven , Durham , deputy leader of the European P L P Hugh , Strathclyde West Barry , Yorkshire West and from the G M B parliamentary group , er , these MPs may only be present for short periods Nicholas , Newcastle-upon-Tyne East Doug , Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Gerald , George , Hamilton Clive Hammersmith and Giles who 's drawn the short straw , who 's going to give us an address this morning . |
| 35 | He had drawn up a long list of people she ought to talk to during the day : fashion houses , designers , a couple of artists ' studios , a gallery specializing in contemporary prints . |
| 36 | They had to walk down the long straight street past Shea 's pub with its sour smell of drink coming out on to the street from behind its dark windows , past Birdie Mac 's sweet shop where they had spent so much time choosing from jars all their school life . |
| 37 | He had run down the long corridors to the lounge and arrived just as the shuttle passengers were disembarking . |
| 38 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 39 | We 've sent someone out to meet them , because they 've taken rather a long time . |
| 40 | They 'd planned to stay there a long time and they left fingerprints all over the place |
| 41 | Except , Gedanken noticed , those who had to travel quite a long way . |
| 42 | I 've read somewhere a long while ago , there was some sort of warning and I ca n't remember the details you know . |
| 43 | But I think those days are now over and anybody who 's been in building societies , there 's now a feeling er that things have altered quite a long way . |
| 44 | THE SHAMEN have come quite a long way from their origins as an indie psychedelic outfit . |
| 45 | THE SHAMEN have come quite a long way from their origins as an indie psychedelic outfit . |
| 46 | He 's got quite a long body which is what |
| 47 | If this explained Mason 's reluctance to pressure Biggs in the middle rounds , thereby allowing the American to pepper him with jabs , it can not obscure the possibility that the British heavyweight will always experience difficulty if required to take on a long contest . |
| 48 | ‘ We have to give those who have lived here a long time the right to become German citizens , ’ Johannes Gerster , deputy leader of the CDU parliamentary group , said at the weekend . |