Example sentences of "[vb infin] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since very small , light animals can fall a long way without being hurt , it 's quite likely that it survived in the forest world under the tree and had the second most interesting experience any tree frog has ever had . |
| 2 | A man wid wait a long while fur a Glesca Keelie at a ceilidh and no mistake . |
| 3 | And erm you could see a long distance with it like that you know , especially if you could see a fox from er about a mile and a half , you could see right going along the rocks in the mountains . |
| 4 | ‘ You can see a long way from up here , ’ said Simon . |
| 5 | Would you like a long weekend in the country courtesy of Citroën ? |
| 6 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 7 | You can stay a long time in neutral , ticking over — provided nothing happens . |
| 8 | Do n't devise a long list of rules for the sake of having rules : make sure they serve a purpose — to enhance your child 's safety– wellbeing and steady ( not hurried ) progress towards maturity . |
| 9 | It was not possible to raise the necessary capital , or to sell or grant a long lease to developers , where the only marketable title was the life estate of the head of the family . |
| 10 | The program memory will contain a long list of words that will tax the resources of most children . |
| 11 | But Whitehill town councillor John Bennett is pointing out that , even when this happens , local people will still face a long drive to the nearest casualty unit . |
| 12 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 13 | The Eradicator may well be the solution ; tests conducted by Ray have certainly proved encouraging , and it would take a long string of coincidences to attain the results he has achieved by any other means . |
| 14 | Charles behaved rather like a landlord who could take a long view of the future and expect his possessions to provide him with an income in the fullness of time . |
| 15 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 16 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 17 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 18 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 19 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |
| 20 | It did take a long time for anything to happen . |
| 21 | Not only do books often tend to be rather broad in their approach to a subject , but they can also take a long time to be published after they are written and the information may thus be out of date . |
| 22 | The solvents persist for many years , and can take a long time to be degraded or removed ; the good news is that , unlike some other forms of pollution , spillages of volatile organochlorines are apparently becoming rarer as awareness of the consequences of poor practice increases . |
| 23 | Like a wound in your own flesh , a clean cut heals quickly , but a jagged , ragged , bruised gash can take a long time to heel and is open to infection all that time . |
| 24 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 25 | ‘ It 'll take a long time in the courts , wo n't it , though ? ’ |
| 26 | Jenkins has been in the job for about ten days , so she can be forgiven for forgetting a lot of names , but she does have a long history of dealing with elderly people . |
| 27 | Because you ca n't have a long float on the back . |
| 28 | The rule applies in all preconsonantal environments including those that would have a long vowel in monosyllables ( fricative and voiced obstruent environments and liquids ) , except apparently before [ s ] clusters ( as in hospital ) . |
| 29 | Mr Heathcliff will have a long walk to wherever he 's staying tonight , and I 'm thirsty . ’ |
| 30 | However , where the assumption is a letting for a term expiring after the actual term on the terms of the actual lease , the hypothetical lease may have a long period without review . |