Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you live in the centre of a large town , they may need to fly a long way . |
| 2 | Kulaks who joined the Imperial Navy , even in the commissioned ranks , did not normally expect to enjoy a long life . |
| 3 | The Government says it will work to salvage a long term future for the company . |
| 4 | I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 6 | Most modern chemists would probably say that we 'd have to wait a long time by the standards of a human lifetime , but perhaps not all that long by the standards of cosmological time . |
| 7 | Is she making a promise to the British people that this improvement will be financed by an increase in taxation , or that , just as the Conservative Government have always aspired to improve that target , so will a Labour Government , and the British people will have to wait a long time for such an improvement to materialise ? |
| 8 | If you are wearing trousers you 'll have to wear a long top so it does n't show anything . ’ |
| 9 | I 'll have to wear a long coat . |
| 10 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 11 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 12 | Wherever possible , a tenant should endeavour to delete the opening proviso but this is unlikely to be successful in which case the tenant should amend to include a long stop date ( see clause 5.4 ) . |
| 13 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 14 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 15 | He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait . |
| 16 | And I think it w w was quite difficult for people because they 'd either have to walk a long way to try and make a telephone call . |
| 17 | We might have to look a long way back . ’ |
| 18 | A path is simply a set of instructions like that , but you do n't have to type a long string of commands to do the job . |
| 19 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 20 | I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’ |
| 21 | Was it easier for them was it easy for them to pick up work or would they have been woul would they have to face a long time on the dole or ? |
| 22 | ‘ Undoubtedly , you would have to think a long while before knowing which you prefer . ’ |
| 23 | cos it 'd have to take a long time . |
| 24 | It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now . |
| 25 | This is a wonderful place — but I do n't want to stay a long time . |
| 26 | Although the Laputans were kind to me , I did not want to spend a long time in their country . |
| 27 | Er well I do n't want to make a long speech , ladies and gentlemen , but when you return to the States I hope you 'll take some happy memories with you and remember , we have not forgot you , especially those chaps who failed to return . |