Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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1 | All the acts on tonight 's bill ( and a few others around the country ) would do well to have a long and critical look at what they 're doing and decide if people really need another adequate pop/rock/whatever band ! |
2 | Mercifully the illness did not take a long course . |
3 | Ranks of fomaica-topped tables were besieged by steel chairs , which did not encourage a long stay . |
4 | Shareholders who do not have a long term commitment are replaced by stakeholders who do , as the ‘ owners ’ of the company . |
5 | Tanner was drinking lager , and Maxim wanted one as well , after the warm sticky cross-town journey , but he did n't want a long , bulky drink in his stomach . |
6 | she did n't want a long one . |
7 | Er not , not the long one , we did n't have a long one we had a rou oval one . |
8 | Did n't have a long walk or anything so the next schedule go out is erm is |
9 | 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 ! |
10 | 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 ! |
11 | Do n't devise a long list of rules for the sake of having rules : make sure they serve a purpose — to enhance your child 's safety– wellbeing and steady ( not hurried ) progress towards maturity . |
12 | And I 'm sure you do n't want a long speech but I 've tried to prepare something , and I hope it 's all right . |
13 | Now this is set up differently cos this is set up very sensibly , so that you can fill in who wrote it , when , what date and what it 's about , and when you try and find it later it 's easier to find instead of scrapping through lots of files that do n't have a long document . |
14 | Right so I will say no I don I do n't have a long term one , and no I 'm not registered . |
15 | Then again , after Linda Lusardi and Tonya in just eight months , health and fitness advisors do n't have a long life expectancy on GMTV . |
16 | ‘ It does n't have a long range , ’ she said , ‘ but it will get the dance music in Sanderstown . ’ |