Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lorry driver was real , not a stuntman , because it was thought no one else would have the expertise to drive a long , heavy vehicle at a specific speed . |
| 2 | Although she was penniless , she managed to get back to England : Margery never had much difficulty in finding people who would give her money to go a long , long way away . |
| 3 | The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them . |
| 4 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |
| 5 | This decision goes a long way towards demonstrating the untenability of the marital-rape exemption in modern times . |
| 6 | WHATEVER YOU 'RE PLANNING TO BUY YOUR MONEY GOES A LONG WAY WITH ABBEY NATIONAL |
| 7 | Bourdieu goes a long way to remedying this defect in his treatment of actual practices in his structure ( fields ) . |
| 8 | In 1832 at the Pierre 's Hole rendezvous , the Nez Perce fought a long and decisive battle alongside the Americans against some transient Blackfoot . |
| 9 | Since it was undisputedly colonized by the Vikings , it is reasonable to assume that Baldersdale experienced a long and vivid history . |
| 10 | Although this technique has a long ancestry in the Old World it was unknown in the Americas until the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century . |
| 11 | The basic rule is that if the second syllable of the verb contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that second syllable is stressed . |
| 12 | Sophie drew a long breath , ‘ You have a great variety , but my veterinary training covers most of all these species . |
| 13 | Her face was pale and her voice was as cool as ever , but there was sincerity in her eyes , and Sophie drew a long breath and put out her hand . |
| 14 | Swinging the horse 's head to face the massed coolies again , Duclos drew a long solid wood truncheon from a leather saddle scabbard and stood up in the stirrups . |
| 15 | Alba Adriatica has a long beach of fine , golden sand where holiday life is taken at a relaxed unhurried pace . |
| 16 | The convent has a long tradition of illustrating cards and books with delicate hand-crafted watercolours and inscriptions . |
| 17 | The approach of classroom testing against the hearing norms has a long tradition among educators and researchers . |
| 18 | If the final syllable of the stem contains a long vowel or diphthong , or if it ends with more than one consonant , that syllable receives the stress . |
| 19 | Literature has a long history of feminist interest , but film and media studies are certainly as central to feminist cultural debates . |
| 20 | Feeling it should be Michele who recovered it , Luce drew a long , steadying breath and turned to climb down . |
| 21 | Romania has a long way to go before it can even begin to climb out of its paralysis . |
| 22 | Such difficult transition demands time and balance and Romania has a long way to go before it is comfortable with its new identity . |
| 23 | It is possibly true of ‘ Bonn ’ : Germany has a long tradition of unease about England which has been kept alive.and well in influential papers such as Die Zeit and elsewhere . |
| 24 | Talk of a realignment on the centre-left of the spectrum has a long history . |
| 25 | No Hiding Place Sitting containers on pallets or bricks goes a long way toward preventing them from harbouring all kinds of pests under their bottoms . |
| 26 | A little amiability goes a long way , it would seem , and many of those present felt that Reebok was the unluckiest loser of the night in this category . |
| 27 | The man found in the Queen 's bedroom admitted a long list of offences . |
| 28 | They 're added to marzipan to improve its flavour and keeping qualities , and a little oil of bitter almonds goes a long way in much confectionery . |
| 29 | When Zeppelin told PHIL KING their next game was on ice , the rotund reviewer expected a long delay ! |
| 30 | The interpretation of ‘ mind ’ as information processing with a self-monitoring facility called consciousness goes a long way towards resolving the problem of body — mind interaction which Popper and Eccles ( 1978 ) have recently revived . |