Example sentences of "a long [noun] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's going to be a long struggle getting established and until I am I do n't see how … ’ |
| 2 | Then there was a long drive to get to the house . |
| 3 | That was the other thing , it took me a long fight to get my eye drops . |
| 4 | Although you might have driven a long way to get there , do n't put yourself into a situation you ca n't handle . |
| 5 | Well he came a long way to get chucked out did n't he ? |
| 6 | Yes I know , but it 's such a long way to get up there ! is n't it ? |
| 7 | The couple fought a long battle to get welfare benefits but they were unsucessful until Anita went to the new carers ' centre in Banbury . |
| 8 | No , but I thought you seemed to be a long while getting the bugger out . |
| 9 | but you know , it takes a long while to get over it |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | No but that takes a long while to get round . |
| 12 | But to avoid it meant a long detour to get into Barn Street , and she was shivering with wet and cold . |
| 13 | Besides , Adam had said it was a long detour to get back on to the main road , if this lane was cut off . |
| 14 | You always find wherever you are that the people who 've been there a long time get sort of erm a bit uppity , they think that they 're |
| 15 | Evolution Without Evidence is not a creationist broadside , but an interesting and well-written exercise on the theme that the young Charles Darwin became convinced of evolution but felt that he did not have the evidence to convince his contemporaries , and spent a long time getting it together and arranging it — so long that he was taken by surprise and had to get out the Origin prematurely ( as he always said himself ) . |
| 16 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
| 17 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 18 | After all , Jones spent a long time getting the wording right , and you wo n't be able to improve on it . |
| 19 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
| 20 | And that took a long time getting used to . |
| 21 | On the morning of the day when Therese Aschmann was due to arrive in Hochhauser , Willi spent a long time getting ready before he went to meet her at the station . |
| 22 | " The police are a long time getting here , " he said . |
| 23 | Being directly overhead , the field is one of the worst positions from which to extricate yourself because you have to fly blind , away from the field , for quite a long time to get out to the side for a reasonable base leg . |
| 24 | Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said . |
| 25 | The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want . |
| 26 | But the message that bad behaviour no longer brings rewards will take a long time to get through because of its history of being occasionally ( i.e. intermittently ) reinforced . |
| 27 | This is because such schemes are taking a long time to get off the ground and because employers generally recruit from non-local networks ( see also Ladbury and Mira-Smith in this volume ) . |
| 28 | Progress was slow and it took a long time to get a handicap , the first being 17 . |
| 29 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 30 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |