Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [art] long " in BNC.

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1 ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’
2 But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album .
3 I turn to take a long look down .
4 The next day I had to wear a long Kamiz over my trousers and have a scarf covering my head — can you imagine going to school like that …
5 I had to wait a long time for an answer , and just before the door opened I nearly came sufficiently to my senses to run away , but sanity came too late .
6 I had to wait a long time shut in .
7 And I was a bit late , so I had to wait a long time to get served . ’
8 I had to take a long , hard look at him before I was sure .
9 If you want to live a long , long time in sturdy health you ca n't go wrong in forming the habit of long vigorous walking every day … until it becomes a habit as important to you as eating and sleeping .
10 But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus .
11 How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence ?
12 She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass .
13 Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space .
14 On the whole , she decided , being a rat was more chic , but nevertheless she determined to write a long earnest article soon on some subject of profound importance in which she would make a significant contribution to the sum of human awareness .
15 Although she had had a shower before going to the boat , she decided to take a long bath .
16 She decided to join the long taxi queue .
17 But there are particular areas like this , you having to wait a long time and if you come into the building to go and see a film and you 've you 've left an hour to , to have some food you , you really should n't be missing the film because
18 Those normal , straightforward girls are part ofa society that she chose to leave a long time ago .
19 You learned to speak a long time ago and , no doubt , you have talked a good deal since then .
20 For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc .
21 It was a little bit awkward , because she wanted to spend a long weekend there in July , and I had to sort out the dates with Alex to make sure they did n't clash .
22 what 's it called ca n't think of the name of the blooming thing now but it was you did a line across , then you learn to do a long stitch
23 It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting .
24 Keep it simple , avoid jargon and if you have to give a long explanation , try to break it up .
25 Exactly you have to think a long time .
26 If you need to take a longer amount of time off , for example for longer term care of young children or relatives , you may not need to resign .
27 If we progress past the 2nd playing round in either — we tend to go a long way … otherwise we tendto get caught cold as it were … and in the FA cup draw the finalists/winners …
28 Right , if we want to increase the long run output we may have to reduce short run output .
29 We continue to accept the long term UN target for aid of 0.7 per cent of GNP , although we can not set a timetable for its achievement .
30 We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’
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