Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was ‘ permitted to put in a long day 's work for his Master , and it can be truly said that he gave his best ’ . |
| 2 | I heard a voice which seemed to come from a long distance — ‘ Throw the bastard down . |
| 3 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
| 4 | The phone seemed to ring for a long time . |
| 5 | This achieves much more in the long run than attempting to concentrate for a long time until fatigue sets in . |
| 6 | He looked at her and said , adopting roguishness , ‘ Would you like to come on a long journey with me ? |
| 7 | Is there anybody else please who 's going to live for a long time ? |
| 8 | ‘ We 've been waiting to move for a long time , and we need the money to build the new house . ’ |
| 9 | By the last decade of Henry VIlI 's reign , if not before , England was beginning to recover from a long period of population decline . |
| 10 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 11 | He claimed there should be no erosion of traditional fishing areas , and stressed that each application would have to go through a long process before being granted . |
| 12 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 13 | The sound had seemed to come from a long way over the heath to the right . |
| 14 | He has only expressed what a lot of other people have been starting to fear for a long time , that unless the commercial manipulators in tennis are careful , they could cook the golden goose . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's wanted to go for a long time , ’ said Anne , nodding . |
| 16 | A place you try to find after a long absence … |
| 17 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time . |
| 20 | If the hall is too narrow for this and many entrance ways are barely more than a corridor , try to get in a long bench or a very narrow console , or at the very least a stool and a shelf . |
| 21 | The meandering reminiscence of boarding-school rituals is like being forced to listen to a long , pointless story about an acquaintance 's childhood . |
| 22 | The hurdle of post office reform has brought down French ministers of state before now , notably Pierre Lelong , who held the posts and telecommunications portfolio in Jacques Chirac 's government but was forced to resign after a long and bitter strike in 1974 . |
| 23 | Several transplants have been tried before , but this is the first time they have continued to function for a long period , according to the researchers at the University of Alberta , in Edmonton . |
| 24 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
| 25 | This core of lava may continue to flow for a long while , but when the supply of fresh lava slows down at source , there will not be enough coming through to fill the whole volume of the core , so an empty space will be left , and this will form a long tube or tunnel running along the centre of the flow , sometimes for many kilometres . |
| 26 | She would have liked to go for a long walk past the charming wedding-cake buildings that lined the promenade , but although it was only teatime , it was already too dark to see anything . |
| 27 | They had to go through a long interrogation , and their answers were not found to be satisfactory . |
| 28 | I just want to briefly introduce this , I do n't want to speak in any great , we have had a long debate in house do you if you wish to engage in a long debate again in view of the time tonight . |
| 29 | Mackey , an Australian scrum-half whose short contract Warrington are trying to turn into a long one , was a constant source of danger to Widnes , and provided the final pass to enable Mark Forster to score a try in Hulmes 's absence . |
| 30 | She knew she had to travel on a long , stony road , without help or sympathy . |