Example sentences of "[coord] they [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they took a long time making it . |
| 2 | And they took a long time serving it . |
| 3 | She sought out Alix , to tell her of her plans to remarry , and they spent a long evening , over spaghetti and Hirondelle , talking of what already seemed to them the distant past . |
| 4 | Fortunately , Viktor valued him and they had a long association before he ever worked with Irina . |
| 5 | The new proposals on water competition were introduced following our discussion in Committee , and they go a long way to improving competition in the water industry . |
| 6 | Beans , pulses and grains feature increasingly in a healthy diet , but they take a long time to cook , even using a microwave . |
| 7 | These may seem trivial examples , but they go a long way towards helping teachers assess the success of different parts of the school in which they work and , ultimately , that of the whole institution . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , as this book points out , some of the alternatives may look good on paper but they have a long way to go before they can match the tokamak . |
| 9 | But they have a long way to recover . |
| 10 | Leeds do play a lot of football , but they hit a long ball as well . |