Example sentences of "we [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoo-Woo opened the door and we entered a long tunnel . |
| 2 | I thought that was a lesson we learnt a long time ago ! ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I well remember our first night with the aid of father-in-law we spent a long day moving ourselves in . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And Fergie honestly admitted of his shock £1million signing from Cambridge : ‘ We took a long time assessing him . |
| 8 | We felt a long way from the Mediterranean . |
| 9 | we foresaw a long downturn back in 1989 and we planned for it with re investment . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We 've a long way to go , pet , and you 've had an exciting day ’ , Tamar said firmly . |
| 12 | I know that we 've a long way today er to go today but would you just bear that in mind colleagues . |
| 13 | And we take a long range view if you 're heading on the motorways this afternoon . |
| 14 | We waited a long time at Enniskillen , an RAF helicopter buzzing above the castle . |
| 15 | We waited a long time , and Charlotte wrote more advertisements . |
| 16 | They were as good as we could make them , we felt , and we had a long think . |
| 17 | Because we had a long discussion about training needs , audits and all this sort of thing . |
| 18 | We had a long journey back to Holland . |
| 19 | We had a long journey . ’ |
| 20 | In August we had a long weekend in the Lakes , with Rob , Joyce & Ewan which went well , & also a week in Telford with Richard which we thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 21 | We had a long chat . ’ |
| 22 | So she came and talked to 'em we had a long chat and actually I mean it er does sound very interesting . |
| 23 | er , I did n't see a nun at , most of them were just ordinary nursing staff , just popped in to see how I was and we had a long chat about |
| 24 | We arrived back at about seven pm , had our evening meal and then got an early night because we had a long day ahead of us . |
| 25 | Everyone was really excited even though we had a long coach journey ahead of us . |
| 26 | Just to be on the safe side we had a long rope attached to the raft and tied round a tree on the bank so that if the Indians lost control the rope would pull it to a stop . |
| 27 | ‘ All join up for a conga , ’ I called over the racket , and soon we had a long snake winding its way in and out of the tables and finally through the door . |
| 28 | We had a long way to go and to start by knocking the monarchy would n't go down too well at home . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , we had a long talk , ’ Sheila said airily . |