Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is up to citizens working together to initiate a long term process of communication , mutual support and joint action . |
| 2 | So to cut a long story short , in the end I managed to drag myself away from this man . |
| 3 | Well I was just tidying myself up , och just a week lick of lipstick and a puffa blusher basically when I noticed that my mascara was on its last legs so I had to remind myself to stop by at Frazers Innoxa counter as any other tearproof bar theirs brings me out in lumps , so to cut a long story short I just nicked in the sidedoor — honest to god I was festooned with carriers laden down like a workhouse donkey — and I 'd to cut through the shoe department . |
| 4 | ring me up and asking I understand you Anyway to cut a long story short , he was basically saying well do you know of any computers ? |
| 5 | that was cut off there anyway to cut a long story short when we got down there I says to him what 's the damage ? |
| 6 | I 'll tell him or anyone , and I meant it , so he started on about this night at the bowling club , but it was his actions Joy , I want to know who 's coming , we need to know , I thought but why 's he fucking boss me about on my private time , anyway to cut a long story short they booked all this night out and I watched and I waited I thought let them clock that I 'm not going , so then comes a phone call , David was in the bottom office so was the letter shark , and this phone call came over and David shouted up to all of us on the machine who 's going on Thursday night ? |
| 7 | Well to cut a long story — |
| 8 | Well to cut a long story short , and bear in mind the fact that seniority and everything took precedence over e everything else , all things being equal . |
| 9 | It is considered better therefore to have a longer set of allowable candidate strings which includes the correct word although this may often include rarely occurring words . |