Example sentences of "[verb] a long [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm used to walking a long way carrying the baby . ’ |
| 2 | First we felt that women have come a long way given the very radical and novel nature of their demands to enter public life as individuals in their own right . |
| 3 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 4 | ‘ You 've come a long way to do just that . ’ |
| 5 | I 've come a long way to make a reconciliation with him , and I do n't want interference from some snooty cocktail waitress . |
| 6 | She was constitutionally a Kali Carb. patient and she was given the 10M but sustained a long aggravation followed by weakening of her condition . |
| 7 | Reversed from previous years , the last 10 miles included a long climb to begin with and continued on higher ground , which was exposed to both direct sun and prevailing wind . |
| 8 | And war , once started , has a long road to run . |
| 9 | The veneration of saints has a long history dating back to the early martyrs ( meaning witnesses ) . |
| 10 | Public expenditure control has a long history dating back to the early eighteenth century . |
| 11 | Obviously he has a long way to mature physically , but he 's surpassed our hopes . |
| 12 | There is a clear value in reducing the amount of chemical waste which has to be got rid of — and that thinking has a long way to go . |
| 13 | He has a long way to go before equalling last year 's prize money of £42,399 , but the wonder horse proved that he is again in irresistible form when opening Whitaker 's account with a first prize of £3,700 . |
| 14 | He believes it still has a long way to go . |
| 15 | But he has a long way to go to close down Sir Teddy 's 15,000 majority . |
| 16 | The stock still has a long way to go before its regains the 780p level at which its stood in early April before a warning of a slow-down in sales . |
| 17 | The other part , communication , still has a long way to go . |
| 18 | It is sad that a man with so many good qualities should have led so many down the wrong path , damaging the sport he obviously loves , but I feel that the Charlie Francis story still has a long way to go . |
| 19 | But even Heathrow has a long way to go . |
| 20 | The Oxenhope Straw Race has a long way to go before it reaches its centenary , but the aims of the people who organise it and take part are the same as those who in the nineteenth century began the hospital sings at Holmfirth and Mapplewell . |
| 21 | Shearer has not proved himself yet and has a long way to go . ’ |
| 22 | Thankfully , ‘ Dirty ’ , the Sonics ' recent Geffen album , entered the UK Top Ten during the first week of release and , even if it has a long way to go to equal the sales of ‘ Nevermind ’ , things could be taking a turn for the better . |
| 23 | But the full integration of special needs students has a long way to go , and requires much more commitment to the adaptation and modification of plans and a further shift of resources to those whose need is greatest . |
| 24 | The DTI still has a long way to go before it can seriously contest the Treasury 's hegemony over matters economic . |
| 25 | Kubota has at least half a dozen Alpha chips in the labs , but says it still has a long way to go before there is sufficient software support to bring out the Titan 2.0 . |
| 26 | The IMS 's final comment is important : ‘ If economic revolutions are about wealth creation rather than redistribution , this latest one still has a long way to go ’ ( ‘ Services : the second industrial revolution ? ’ by Amin Rajan , Report by the Institute of Manpower Services Group , Butterworths , reported in the Financial Times , 5 February 1987 ) . |
| 27 | Mister Grant has a long way to go before he will fully recover from his injuries . |
| 28 | But Scotland has a long way to go before the symbiosis of locals and visitors becomes a reality . |
| 29 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 30 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |