Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 2 | Western countries must take a longer term perspective . |
| 3 | To achieve this ISO must have a longer lifetime than IRAS . |
| 4 | In the meantime this recording should go a long way to helping his cause . |
| 5 | Our exclusive interview with Steffi elsewhere in this issue should go a long way to satisfying the demands of her fans , many of whom continue to demand more and more information about their favourite player . |
| 6 | The plan 's changes should go a long way to drag Lloyd 's up to the standards of other financial markets . |
| 7 | Together with thick carpet and underfelt , it should go a long way to pleasing the occupants of the flat below . |
| 8 | ‘ This afternoon 's coverage should go a long way in helping you set up your own firm , ’ he said , wiping his hands on a serviette . |
| 9 | Captain George Sutherland , director of marine operations for Shetland Island Council , said : ‘ The proposals for traffic separation should go a long way to providing protection for the adjacent coastline and we are content with the measures . ’ |
| 10 | The new directives should go a long way to ensuring that employers do not abuse their employees in terms of unsafe working practice , practices . |
| 11 | Now one must go a long way upriver to find them , far into Sudan and Uganda . |
| 12 | To escape from Heathcliff I must go a long way away . |
| 13 | Local conditions must go a long way to explaining why some villages were vulnerable to enclosure and others were not , and these variations could occur within the limits of a single shire . |
| 14 | PLANTS should come a long way down the list of priorities for the novice gardener . |
| 15 | Those days must seem a long time ago . |
| 16 | As this is a new ( as opposed to a rebuilt second hand ) engine it should last a long time and parts are available worldwide . |
| 17 | They should last a long time , and can be stripped down and boiled to clean them . |
| 18 | ‘ We might wait a long time ! ’ he said . |
| 19 | You ca n't just pull that across , might look a long way out . |
| 20 | In Prague the talk is of starting with a break-up of the monopolies , and letting the market rip later — but de-monopolising the economy might take a long time . |
| 21 | That might take a long time , they intimated . |
| 22 | Wherever they went , they would have to go on foot , which might take a long time . |
| 23 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ I think we 'll send you for what you British might call a long stretch … . ’ |
| 25 | And no matter how fresh the lads might get they 'll have a long way to go before they reach your handling , wo n't they , Andrew ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 'll have a long day tomorrow , ’ Rose encouraged . |
| 27 | ‘ They 'll have a long wait , ’ Jenna laughed . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'll have a long wait , ’ flashed Isabel , and immediately cursed herself when fitzAlan grinned again . |
| 29 | We 'll have a longer talk when I 'm home again . ’ |
| 30 | and sometimes we 'll take a long weekend |