Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] long [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside the building Joshua stood in line with the multitude to endure the long wait and the thorough search , the emptying of pockets and the impudent fumblings of security . |
| 2 | But er we , we had quite a difficulty , very , very difficult , we used to have to walk a long way before we could get to a telephone . |
| 3 | She seemed to wait a long time before she heard footsteps within , and then a light sprang up beyond the frosted glass . |
| 4 | She explained that with some people one had to wait a long time before one saw what one wanted to see . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | We had to wait a long time because I had my mother to look after and she was rather difficult . ’ |
| 7 | If you are wearing trousers you 'll have to wear a long top so it does n't show anything . ’ |
| 8 | Weaving does take longer than knitting a piece of the same size , but it takes very little longer to weave a long row than a short one , so this can save a considerable amount of time . |
| 9 | The centre 's directors recognise that the price of a microcomputer still has to fall a long way before the machines can play an important role in Third World education . |
| 10 | Thus a miner who slipped from the worn and greasy rungs was liable to fall a long way and a dropped tool could clatter its way down to cause death or injury to some fellow below . |
| 11 | imagine our feelings on raising our beads to draw a long breath when the last sheep was in , to find another large flock making Its way towards us . |
| 12 | The hooligan , however , tends to have the longer career since part of his art lies in knowing how far to ‘ push his luck ’ . |
| 13 | Her mother handed her a glass of white wine , so generously filled that Kate was obliged to take a long sip before it was safe to put it down on the small table by the side of the chair . |
| 14 | Commuters to the capital obviously decided to take a long weekend or were put up in hotels overnight by their employers , said a spokesman . |
| 15 | Citing cases , though usually a necessary part of the moot , tends to take a long time and to be boring for the audience . |
| 16 | Formed in teams , this task it was then to er across the practice areas whose task it was to get into those clients , get to know them , get to know their industry , get to know the people and find ways in which we could actually penetrate them and er open doors and that was going to take a long time and it is taking a long time . |
| 17 | Unlike the fourth floor of Lloyd 's , it has a purpose-built trading floor , but the exchange might have to sign a longer lease than it needs . |