Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] a long " in BNC.

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1 They 're , and they 're very good and they , they tend to stay a long time .
2 ‘ I hope they 've gone a long way , ’ said Pascoe .
3 They 've waited a long time .
4 They 've got a long list , and I assume that the non long listed candidates have been told ?
5 They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks !
6 They 've had a long time to crack a lot of these problems pardon
7 a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service .
8 All in all , they have travelled a long way since that night when Santos led a nervous band of campesinos , complete with a BBC camera crew , onto Doña Elsa 's cattle ranch .
9 They have taken a long hard look at the way Japanese firms operate and tried to understand what it is that makes them so much more productive and successful .
10 The new owners will continue to develop distribution in Wales for Harp , Kronenbourg 1664 and Satzenbrau Pils and they have signed a long term trading deal with Harp for the supply of Harp and Guinness products .
11 This coolness arises in part from fear of the opponents , who have the laws on their side , and partly from the incredulity of men , who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them .
12 After all , they have had a long time to become used to them .
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