Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of her angry and tearful protests Charles insisted on giving the token to the woman who had haunted their courtship and has since cast a long shadow across their married life . |
| 2 | Morrissey , formerly lead singer of the Smiths and now a solo artist , is the central figure in this demi-monde and he has successfully mounted a long career based on a delightfully British blend of prurience and prudery . |
| 3 | Crying , his duet with K D Lang , stormed to No 12 while I Drove All Night has just enjoyed a long Top 10 run . |
| 4 | They also argue that the latest draft of the charter , drawn up by President Mitterrand , has already gone a long way to assuage Mrs Thatcher 's legitimate fears about the loss of British sovereignty . |
| 5 | The computerised exchange — known as Direct Dialling In ( DDI ) — has already gone a long way to reducing delays for the thousands of callers daily using the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust switchboards . |
| 6 | He has already made a long statement , and you are letting him get away with it . |
| 7 | You money has always gone a long way in Thailand . |
| 8 | The SNP has indeed come a long way since Jim Sillars , as vice-president of the SNP , in a section of his Independence in Europe pamphlet ( June 1989 ) entitled ‘ The David Martin formula ’ , referred to Europe of the regions as a ‘ nebulous concept ’ . |
| 9 | MICHAEL Roberts has certainly gone a long way towards silencing his critics in the past week . |
| 10 | The narwhal also has only two teeth , and in the male ( and occasionally the female ) one of these grows outwards to form a long , impressive , spiralling tusk . |
| 11 | I do n't know , there 's still got a long way to go though |
| 12 | It 's certainly come a long way from the upstairs room at the Albert . |
| 13 | He 's certainly had a long talk with me since you left the team — ’ |