Example sentences of "[verb] they a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I do n't mind seeing them a long way off , ’ said the worried lady nome .
2 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 !
3 It 's funny you know , if you give them a long name
4 And now , with the way that the human take it to the medical profession for giving them a longer life expectancy , thirty percent of people are diseased .
5 ‘ That lumbar puncture seems to be taking them a long time . ’
6 Closer to Europe the British set up a blockade of Brest , a step which took them a long way towards war with France , and began looking for allies to protect Hanover against France in the event of a continental war .
7 However , it took them a long time to see an ally in the Poles .
8 THE drivers who moaned about the parking problems at the Genesis concert at Knebworth because it took them a long time to get out make me mad .
9 it took them a long time to begin with when he started .
10 It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time .
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