Example sentences of "have a long [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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31 Not only for myself as it 's been a particular project close to me for many years , but for the break up of a team , a team that has a long time to build up and a team that worked very well together and who were very committed .
32 In Spain , for instance , no railway station had a hotel attached and passengers often had a long distance to travel from stations to reach their ultimate destination .
33 If she had said no he would have had a long way to jump .
34 They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon
35 After all , they have had a long time to become used to them .
36 " Do you have a long way to go ? "
37 She really did have a long way to go , and she had not yet learned to recognise the precise lineaments , the demeanour and the shape of the shadow of Stan .
38 And no matter how fresh the lads might get they 'll have a long way to go before they reach your handling , wo n't they , Andrew ? ’
39 The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying !
40 The man did n't have a long time to go through a process , he did n't have a long time to find where he was on on the scale , a and er , you know , from one stage to the next stage , to the next stage , to got through a pre-evangelism and then another stage , and another stage , the man did n't have time he was dying !
41 For instance , if you 've a long way to go , it 's better to get there slowly than not at all . ’
42 We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly .
43 I 've a long way to go when it comes to these explanations .
44 You 've a long way to go yet and a lot to learn .
45 They 've a long way to go if one of these youngsters are to compete at Sydney in the year 2 000 … but already they 've claimed a notable scalp .
46 Unlike un-historical nations , Poland had a long history to recall and refurbish .
47 British officials denied the conditions were already virtually fulfilled by Serbia , saying that Mr Milosevic ‘ had a long way to go ’ before the EC would be satisfied .
48 The woman was in black stilettoes , walking slowly and evidently in pain — as if she had walked into the country in inappropriate shoes and was blistered and had a long way to go , as if this hot summer wind from the chalk hills was almost too much for her .
49 They had a long way to go .
50 She still had a long way to go and championship victories in Stuttgart , Rome , Seoul and Split followed , plus city marathons in Rotterdam , Chicago , Boston , Osaka and then London last year .
51 True , she probably still had a long way to go .
52 The University of Utah team made it clear that they still had a long way to go and would like another year to eighteen months to continue their research before announcing it .
53 In 1926 , on any economic criterion , they still had a long way to go , when , pacified by the placebos of the previous year , they claimed a moral victory , and vanished into the archives of oblivion .
54 From their point of view they still had a long way to go in rescuing their past .
55 Without this slow agricultural revolution , which still had a long way to go in many European countries in 1880 , food production would not have been able to keep up with population growth .
56 The mounted soldier still had a long way to go and his influence was very considerable in the whole period covered by this book .
57 We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home .
58 The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets .
59 Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection .
60 They had a long way to go before that could happen .
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