Example sentences of "a long [noun] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those that need a long day-length to complete their life-cycle often refuse to bloom in the shade . |
| 2 | Dr Vijayan also reports that after a long struggle to arouse their interest , Pakistani environmentalists are aware of the threat to the bird . |
| 3 | Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies . |
| 4 | That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops . |
| 5 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
| 6 | Then the Bishop firmly gripped the King 's tunic round his chest and shook it violently , saying again , " You owe me a kiss because I have come a long way to see you . " |
| 7 | When they thud through the letter-box , £150 will go a long way to ease your mind . |
| 8 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 9 | It 's a long way to have one |
| 10 | Parkin made a long sigh to give himself time to think . |
| 11 | In December Assurances Générales de France ( AGF ) won a long battle to vote its 25% stake in Aachener und Münchener ( AMB ) , Germany 's third-largest insurance firm . |
| 12 | ‘ Fifteen-foot Pipe — it took me a long rime to psych myself up to it . |
| 13 | It takes you a long while to realise what a twit you 've been for so long . |
| 14 | It took me a long while to pay it off . |
| 15 | oh I do n't know , I do n't know , I think it will be a while getting rid of it yes , but I think he might get his price eventually , but it will take a long while to get it , it 's up to him if he wants a quick sale , you know , thirty five yeah I , thirty five thousand I think , as I say taking everything into consideration , I mean , failing three okay I know I did the thirty three so take thirty five , thirty three and a half , oh he ai n't got much to worry about |
| 16 | He 's a fabulous guy and very funny , but it took a long time , and I do n't take credit for it , but it took a long time to put him in a situation where I felt that he was at maximum ‘ comfortableness ’ , so that his shyness — and he was very shy — was overcome . |
| 17 | It has taken Andrew Murray a long time to do it . |
| 18 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
| 19 | I know that 'll take a long time to do it though wo n't it ? |
| 20 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
| 21 | The trouble has been , however , that with the longer construction periods for nuclear stations and the further period before their cheaper running costs will allegedly show up , it can take a long time to see which way the scales really tip . |
| 22 | But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said . |
| 23 | That will take a long time to go I think |
| 24 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 25 | The cat was halfway up the tree , and it took Virginia quite a long time to reach it . |
| 26 | Banks are like supertankers : it takes a long time to turn them round . |
| 27 | ‘ It will take me a long time to define what I mean . |
| 28 | And she took a long time to answer it . |
| 29 | It took a long time to open it and when he drank , it tasted warm against his mouth , as if it had been in the sun ; only there was no sun , not even at fifteen thousand . |
| 30 | ‘ It takes most soaps quite a long time to establish themselves in the favour of the audience . |