Example sentences of "we [verb] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hoo-Woo opened the door and we entered a long tunnel .
2 In this study , we report the long term results of dilatation in these patients .
3 I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’
4 In this report we assess the long term ( 5–7 year ) survival , exercise capacity , perceived quality of life , and employment in these 18 patients .
5 After a wait of about two hours we joined the long crocodile winding through corridors to the ballroom , with anxious ushers ensuring that we were all in the right order of presentation .
6 We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route .
7 As we begin the long curve and haul out of the city , rain spots the windshield .
8 A snipe was drumming as , obeying instructions and on the lookout for floods , we walked the long bank of a high tyke wall .
9 I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in .
10 We spent a long time on the sofa that evening , and I would have stayed the night if he 'd asked me but he did n't .
11 We spent the long afternoon reading and dozing beneath the boat 's awning .
12 And we began the long process of actually sort of causing it to be reborn .
13 The problem simply Mr Mayor is that during the morning peak period traffic enters the city via causeway , going erm I think erm this traffic that 's coming over the is joined by local traffic from roads leading off causeway and the result of that is that er on many occasions er we get a long tailback of traffic er waiting to turn right at the junction of causeway and road .
14 Our mission complete , we started the long journey home .
15 On my way through town I met Mr Wopsle , and together we started the long walk home to the village .
16 As we started the long walk back across the tundra to Camp Bell , we decided that there was nothing for it but to establish a base camp at the foot of the cliffs .
17 And Fergie honestly admitted of his shock £1million signing from Cambridge : ‘ We took a long time assessing him .
18 We took the long way , on the way back to the bus stop
19 We felt a long way from the Mediterranean .
20 We go the long way ; who knows how long it will be before we come this way again ?
21 we foresaw a long downturn back in 1989 and we planned for it with re investment .
22 Then there 's what we call the long tour , which has got seven characters from the house 's history on it .
23 We 've a long day ahead of us tomorrow , ’ Travis agreed , but there was something in his voice that alerted Paige to the fact that he had more to say , and that it was n't particularly good news .
24 We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly .
25 I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues .
26 And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon .
27 We waited a long time at Enniskillen , an RAF helicopter buzzing above the castle .
28 We waited a long time , and Charlotte wrote more advertisements .
29 They were as good as we could make them , we felt , and we had a long think .
30 Because we had a long discussion about training needs , audits and all this sort of thing .
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