Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 2 | Or , if you like to spend a long time in the tub , you might like a wider one , which may well fit into the existing space . |
| 3 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 4 | They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks ! |
| 5 | H'eye tech — mascara is the one make-up item few women would be without and we 've come a long way since the days of mascaras that smudged or flaked around the eyes . |
| 6 | You 've come a long way for a late-night drink . ’ |
| 7 | In situations where tempers are getting raised , we can stand back and make everyone aware of what is happening and the effect on progress : ‘ We all seem to be getting very heated about this , and we 've come a long way from the main issue . |
| 8 | We 've come a long way from the free-standing stove with four burners and an oven with maybe a separate grill or broiler . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't doubt it , Seb , you 've come a long way from the poor , sickly boy who arrived here from London only a couple of years ago . ’ |
| 10 | You 've come a long way from Manchester to deal with that . |
| 11 | You 've come a long way in a short time . ’ |
| 12 | For example , suppose that for some reason you wish to remember a long list of dissociated objects such as aeroplane , alarm clock , carrot , television , etc . |
| 13 | But my grandparents had worked at Drogo since it was built , so we 've had a long link with the Drewes ; the family put in a word for me so I got the job . |
| 14 | " So ? " she said , " You 've had a long holiday from the kiddies . " |
| 15 | ‘ I 've had a long chat with Vinnie , ’ said Kinnear . |
| 16 | Er but , you know , I , I 'd , as I say , I think er and then if we just , if we can just pick up like the odd I mean , I 've , I 've had a long chat with Anne , we 've had a long , erm meeting with Anne yesterday about it , and she 's gon na start pushing cos you know , she 's really done the Royal upstairs , it 's |
| 17 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
| 18 | But sh sh sure they can succ succ they can succeed in creating capitalism , it , it it , it might succeed in paving the way for new China 's industrialization but we 've gone a long way from any any ideological position , we 've gone a long way from well what is in the best material benefiting class of the poor peasant now the poor peasant is not gon na get very much out of this . |
| 19 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 20 | Why do you think many of the farmers prefer to have a long ley in each field rather than changing from arable crops to grass every one or two years ? |
| 21 | I 've waited a long while for this . ’ |
| 22 | An overwhelmed Fogarty said : ‘ I 've waited a long time for this . |
| 23 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 24 | I 've waited a long time for this . ’ |
| 25 | I 've waited a long time to be able to do this . ’ |
| 26 | It will create interest in the foreground which I think is important and often , especially looking across water an expanse of water if you have n't got any interesting detail in the foreground yo you have to go a long way into the picture before it begins to get interesting . |
| 27 | So if , as seems likely , we have to wait a long time for a follow up to the triumphant Glyndebourne production , we should be all the more grateful for occasions like the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra 's concert performance ( sponsored by English Estates ) . |
| 28 | a matter will be er that we going to fight er , easily er so I mean i , it meant that the er , that er er some more should be brought out so that it er does er adhere to what er these er er government departments er expect as a response rather than er er as this considered issue raising er , we can er facilitate that er quite er easily but er I think er the the main point is what Hugh has said , that er we opposed it because it 's not going to help in my view it 's not going to help er the patients , the patients are not going to come off any better as a result of er , these er er what I would say and I feel and er the , I I I 'd like to know what er the GP 's think about cos GP 's usually erm er , advise their patients if they have to wait a long time from one hospital , they would advise them to go into London and er , if that 's been stopped as been er that 's been stated erm then erm , er the GP 's are not going to feel very happy about their patients er , getting er erm a lesser service . |
| 29 | All in all , they have travelled a long way since that night when Santos led a nervous band of campesinos , complete with a BBC camera crew , onto Doña Elsa 's cattle ranch . |
| 30 | We have travelled a long way from the traditional " dualist " and " monist " views of style outlined in Chapter 1 . |