Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They 're , and they 're very good and they , they tend to stay a long time . |
| 3 | But those old ideas do take a long time to die . |
| 4 | You do take a long time to come out has not reached the non strikers and er , some said he had a little reading from who . |
| 5 | You can start digging about six foot though , start , start digging a long time is your missus now helping you ? |
| 6 | Development banks tend to take a long time to evaluate a project and are likely to impose conditions such as putting out all construction and equipment contracts to competitive tender . |
| 7 | Oh every year , oh well we 've got a long time to keep it going , within about the first , within about the first month daddy managed to get the iron on the top |
| 8 | I mean I 'll be upset about our Whisky , 'cos we 're , I mean , we 've had a long time , although she 's not a pet pet , you know what I mean . |
| 9 | They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon |
| 10 | And then he thought : I 've spent a long time doing things for everybody 's sake . |
| 11 | I 'VE SPENT a long time cultivating this dour image , I 'm not going to spoil it now . |
| 12 | I 've worked in for 30 years and lots of us have worked for over 25 years and we do know that they are bringing in trainees in on higher salaries than ourselves , which obviously is quite upsetting when you 've worked a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ They 've waited a long time . |
| 14 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 15 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 16 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 17 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 18 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 19 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 20 | I have thought a long time about this and I think I know the answer . |
| 21 | After all , they have had a long time to become used to them . |
| 22 | Based on beer and widely used for preserving and pickling , malt vinegar is also available as a strong , colourless , distilled vinegar which is particularly useful for preserving foods that have to last a long time . |
| 23 | In other words , if you have spent a long time writing programs to carry out tasks , you will have to start again from scratch . |
| 24 | It is a tribute not only to the management at Yarrow but to the workers , who have spent a long time removing ill-considered demarcation practices — and it is as a shipbuilder that I say that . |
| 25 | I personally and I 'm sure it goes for many here , have spent a long time in the private rented sector and if the opportunity existed to get into council housing we would have taken it . |
| 26 | The links between sport , the media ‘ and big business ‘ which are now so important , have taken a long time to forge . |
| 27 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 28 | The transactions , some of which have taken a long time to unravel , include guarantees on property leases and interest rate swaps . |
| 29 | Exactly you have to think a long time . |
| 30 | I have waited a long time before writing to you , hoping all the time that I might hear good news of Leslie from Wendy . |