Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 2 | And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’ |
| 3 | The couple fought a long battle to get welfare benefits but they were unsucessful until Anita went to the new carers ' centre in Banbury . |
| 4 | but you know , it takes a long while to get over it |
| 5 | No but that takes a long while to get round . |
| 6 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 7 | Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said . |
| 8 | The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want . |
| 9 | These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command . |
| 10 | It takes a long time to get used to it . ’ |
| 11 | Maybe it takes a long time to get to the phone . |
| 12 | Yes erm and er I think in the course of that we will have learned a lot of lessons the er that 's not a facetious comment , it 's true er the the first time you write er a software programme erm and any of you will will have experience of this , it takes a long time to get it right . |
| 13 | ‘ Suffolk folk will tell you it takes a long time to get to know them , and I soon found out it 's true . |
| 14 | Cos I took Nicky in to see her first because our Nicky 's one of those that erm takes a long time to get to know anybody ? |
| 15 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 16 | After all , Jones spent a long time getting the wording right , and you wo n't be able to improve on it . |
| 17 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 18 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 19 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 20 | oh I do n't know , I do n't know , I think it will be a while getting rid of it yes , but I think he might get his price eventually , but it will take a long while to get it , it 's up to him if he wants a quick sale , you know , thirty five yeah I , thirty five thousand I think , as I say taking everything into consideration , I mean , failing three okay I know I did the thirty three so take thirty five , thirty three and a half , oh he ai n't got much to worry about |
| 21 | But the message that bad behaviour no longer brings rewards will take a long time to get through because of its history of being occasionally ( i.e. intermittently ) reinforced . |
| 22 | Even when peace is restored , it will take a long time to get the parks operating normally again . |
| 23 | Now there 's two important things , first thing is your notes will take a long time to get up there maybe up to three months . |
| 24 | The flight action is superb although it can take a long time to get to grips with all the features of the program . |
| 25 | It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more . |
| 26 | But to avoid it meant a long detour to get into Barn Street , and she was shivering with wet and cold . |
| 27 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 28 | He looked across at the other two , who were laughing and taking a long time to get Maggie 's drink . |
| 29 | Oh they 're taking a long time to get these last two runs are n't they ? |
| 30 | And that took a long time getting used to . |