Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They would have to come home the long way round .
2 And she began to walk home the long way round so as not to bump into anybody .
3 and the problem of access to the flats , and sometimes the necessity to walk quite a long way before you can get out onto the street , which would be a problem for young mothers with , with , with small children , as equally it would be a problem for elderly people or disabled people .
4 Allon , who only passed a fitness test an hour before the kick-off , was on hand to lob home a long clearance from defender Jamie Bates to record his fourth goal in five games since his record £275,000 signing from Chelsea last month .
5 And er then it seems to keep quite a long time if er if you do that .
6 If this trend continues , we can expect greater numbers of each successive cohort to reach pensionable age and to have both a longer expectation of life and fewer chronic illnesses and disabilities when it does than its predecessor .
7 They 'd planned to stay there a long time and they left fingerprints all over the place
8 If he wishes to accept the principle of the Bill , surely it is within his powers , when it reaches another place , to have either the long title or the short title amended and to bring in an amendment on a broader basis within the Bill 's scope .
9 It 's just going to take rather a long time making them admit it . ’
10 In others the stick will have to move quite a long way forwards before the wing unstalls and the spin stops .
11 Except , Gedanken noticed , those who had to travel quite a long way .
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