Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 2 | If banks or outside rescuers are to be involved then they will want to know the long term prospects and objectives so these can not be ignored . |
| 3 | If you live in the centre of a large town , they may need to fly a long way . |
| 4 | Kulaks who joined the Imperial Navy , even in the commissioned ranks , did not normally expect to enjoy a long life . |
| 5 | The Government says it will work to salvage a long term future for the company . |
| 6 | I 'd like to have a long talk to you about her . ’ |
| 7 | In the example of the paperclip business the purchaser may already have its own metal foundry and surplus premises and will not wish to acquire the long term supply contracts or factory premises . |
| 8 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | If you are wearing trousers you 'll have to wear a long top so it does n't show anything . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll have to wear a long coat . |
| 13 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 14 | ‘ You would have to go a long way to see a better game than that . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | You do n't have to write a long article . |
| 17 | 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 . " |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We might have to look a long way back . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 23 | I shall have to have a long talk with the Lord beforehand . ’ |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | Melanie thought that at least Uncle Philip could have bought her a sewing machine , so she need not have to stitch the long seams by hand . |
| 26 | ‘ Undoubtedly , you would have to think a long while before knowing which you prefer . ’ |
| 27 | cos it 'd have to take a long time . |
| 28 | It does n't have to take a long time , it 's up to us here and now . |
| 29 | ‘ Those sorts of people do n't tend to notice the long hours ! ’ |
| 30 | This is a wonderful place — but I do n't want to stay a long time . |