Example sentences of "[noun] for [art] long [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been at ITN for a long time and come from a traditional news background . |
| 2 | We had a stable rate base for a long time and we saw no reason to doubt that there was anything untoward in the ratings that had been made within our borough . |
| 3 | He was tempted to go in and get it over , but he had been away from his temporary headquarters for a long time and he did not even know if the body had bean recovered successfully . |
| 4 | The maid stared into his eyes for a long moment and then suddenly turned away . |
| 5 | I 've known Becky for a long time and I never thought she 'd go public with what is a private afffair … it may in part be naivity … but I think some of it was vengence . |
| 6 | ‘ We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them . |
| 7 | When you round out the aircraft floats for a long way and flies very nose down . |
| 8 | Very simple and very complex organisms have lived side by side for a long time and both have evolved together . |
| 9 | I saw her watching the girl for the longest time and finally she said , " Are those Indian beads ? " |
| 10 | Neither of the Glovers had used a public telephone for a long while and were astonished to find themselves confronted by a totally unfamiliar contraption . |
| 11 | Many tournaments ( as you emphasised ) , have been in place for a long time and often with the same people running them for decades . |
| 12 | And when I , I mean when I , I actu actually felt quite emotional cos I 'd not been to Park to see a match for a long time and I mean we 're living up here erm , and er , I just felt quite emotional when I got out and saw that lovely pitch it was in perfect |
| 13 | In practice , that is with a less marked difference between a low APR for a long loan and a higher APR for a short one , the total credit cost would actually be considerably lower for the shorter — but higher — APR option . |
| 14 | Looking immaculate in a bright red suit she said : ‘ I have been looking forward to this moment for a long time and I am glad to have been a part of it . ’ |
| 15 | In drawing comparisons between the state of credit marketing in the US and her , I am mindful that I have been in the UK for a long time and of that famous Bacon quote , ‘ Time is the greatest innovator ’ . |
| 16 | That description has applied to Galloway and Highland cattle for a long time and recent sales of the breeds in Scotland have shown an undiminished interest . |
| 17 | The Regent and Lovat had known each other for a long time and shared affection and respect . |
| 18 | But I say , it should 've been it should 've been all d I mean everybody 's known about this chiller for a long while and it 's as I say , I mean when was here it was costing a thousand pound a time . |
| 19 | Quality systems have naturally been around within Ciba Geigy for a long time and all aspects of manufacturing on the site have been registered to ISO 9001 since 1987 . |
| 20 | Suffice it to say that Demons have now completed their worst season for a long time and that Admirals ‘ B ’ , with a match in hand , are only 99 points behind Borderers and are favourites for promotion . |
| 21 | ‘ I have lived in the district for a long time and regard myself as a ‘ local ’ . ’ |
| 22 | He 's had bad breath for a long while and she said his tee , cos she tried to clean his teeth with a toothbrush . |
| 23 | Madame la Comtesse , I have been in love with Mademoiselle your daughter for a long time and I wish to make her my wife . |
| 24 | He was on the dole for a long time and he used to just eat mashed potato and things like that . ’ |
| 25 | Australia has been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time and its flora and fauna are unique having evolved on their own without competition from species elsewhere . |
| 26 | Their existence is thus the reason for the long memory and slow approach to self-preservation mentioned in Section 21.1 . |
| 27 | There was a car crash , she died , he was in hospital for a long time and when he came out everything had changed . |
| 28 | High quality agricultural land is described as a ‘ a national resource for the longer term and should be in general protected from irreversible development ’ . |
| 29 | Er and I mean er a lot of that 's perhaps the release of stress , so that you know you 've been under pressure for a long time and then you , you take that away , and it may actually be detrimental to but er it does n't , obviously the figures are a little bit odd . |
| 30 | In respect of in public services , it was a minefield for a long time and perhaps we did not react as we should have done in the early eighties . |