Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them . |
| 2 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |
| 3 | Sophie drew a long breath , ‘ You have a great variety , but my veterinary training covers most of all these species . |
| 4 | Her face was pale and her voice was as cool as ever , but there was sincerity in her eyes , and Sophie drew a long breath and put out her hand . |
| 5 | Alba Adriatica has a long beach of fine , golden sand where holiday life is taken at a relaxed unhurried pace . |
| 6 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
| 7 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 8 | It is possibly true of ‘ Bonn ’ : Germany has a long tradition of unease about England which has been kept alive.and well in influential papers such as Die Zeit and elsewhere . |
| 9 | Worrall gave it , then disallowed it for offside but the linesman changed his mind after Pickering made a long appeal and Worrall then allowed the goal . |
| 10 | Established in 1912 , Olympus has a long tradition of good design , using the finest materials and quality craftsmanship . |
| 11 | Susanna pulled a long face . |
| 12 | Hyacinth took a long time to respond . |
| 13 | DAMON Hill went a long way towards fulfilling the hopes of his family and army of fans when he grabbed provisional pole position for Sunday 's Monaco Grand Prix . |
| 14 | Bert took a long sniff and looked at Yanto . |
| 15 | Another time when I was walking with Tony we paused for an hour at Malham to break a long day 's walk from Langcliffe to Arncliffe by Malham and Yew Cogar Scar by the old monks ' road . |
| 16 | Glendenning follows a long trail of Darlington players who have gone to Rovers , but he is unable to force his way into the first team . |
| 17 | The male Moodies had a long history of accidental death . |
| 18 | He said that the republican leaders had discussed at the meeting financial and other support for Gorbachev " in the period after his resignation " , and he and Gorbachev had a long meeting on Dec. 23 to discuss transition arrangements . |
| 19 | In fact City handed him his goal on a plate as defenders Peter Atherton and David Busst left a long clearance to each other , and Wright stole in to clinch the outcome . |
| 20 | Verdun had a long history : it was an important city in Roman times ; Vauban , the great fortress builder of Louis XIV 's reign , had fortified it with ditches and bastions ; in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 Verdun had withstood a siege of 10 weeks , falling only through lack of supplies . |
| 21 | John Hargreaves , prosecuting , said that Bulmer had a long list of previous convictions . |
| 22 | While the Duke of Argyll had indeed a well-established interest in the county , and John Campbell of Mamore had a long tenure of the parliamentary seat , it is hardly to be wondered that some of the gentlemen resented that blunt statement of Campbell power . |
| 23 | Linton wrote a long letter back , explaining that his father would not allow him to do that . |
| 24 | A little of Giles goes a long way . |
| 25 | On 14 February 1961 , the day after news of Lumumba 's death was released , Nkrumah made a long broadcast over Ghanaian radio . |
| 26 | So has Mr Sununu , who as governor of New Hampshire fought a long battle with the greens to open the Seabrook nuclear plant . |
| 27 | Wordsworth produced a long poem in 1787 entitled The Vale of Esthwaite ( Poetical Works , i , 270–83 ) . |
| 28 | Scotland has a long tradition of exporting its talents . |
| 29 | But Scotland has a long way to go before the symbiosis of locals and visitors becomes a reality . |
| 30 | Gerard has a long dissertation on it in his Herbal of 1597 , and shows four coloured illustrations of different sorts , which do not seem to be known nowadays . |