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Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Baldwin showed them some of the curiosities of the house and gave them tea in the Long Gallery , which lie described with more pride than accuracy as ‘ the finest room in England ’ .
2	And it 's been on my heart for a long time to save .
3	I went , reinforced by my experience at the long X-ray session and the fact that nearly a month had transpired since the photos were taken .
4	I just felt like I would have given my right arm to be there with a camera — and that stayed in my mind for a long time . ’
5	I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness .
6	Pat had been attending my classes for a long time — years in fact .
7	Unfortunately I had not realised that a stern rope had already been passed to the ship and an indignant shout from my crew on the after deck drew my attention to the long nylon rope which was now snaking dangerously round the bollards as we drew away .
8	I avoided the mob on the path by descending 200 feet sledging on my rucksack on a long snow bank .
9	Despite my closeness over a long period to Harold Wilson , I was certainly not close to his publicised cronies .
10	I 'd been wanting to break a board over my head for a long while .
11	She was my friend for a long time because we got on really well together .
12	I once lied to Basil and this has been on my conscience for a long time .
13	The fact that hippies were so violently apolitical inspired a lot of my polemics for a long time on Oz .
14	In my dream I was carrying a small child in my arms down a long road .
15	My arms ached to go round him , but I kept them rigidly at my sides for a long time , punishing him for what he 'd done to me earlier .
16	However , Muslim ex-singer Stevens , now Yusuf Islam 's reaction was anything but angry : ‘ I 've been trying to get record companies to stop selling my records for a long time .
17	‘ Fisher ’ , he said , ‘ was my headmaster and he has known ail my deficiencies for a long time . ’
18	As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences .
19	One day in October 1582 he came to my house with a long face .
20	But analysts warned that troubles were still brewing for the trade position as the UK maintains its deficit despite the longest recession since 1945 .
21	He had even fired a round shot in its direction with the long iron six-pounder at the normal maximum elevation , that is to say , five degrees ; the brass six-pounder , of course , no longer consented to swallow round shot .
22	Her eyes were wide with sworls of silver and blue brighter than looking at the sun at its zenith in the longest day of summer .
23	It means you have to keep club staff there for a lot longer , till about 6.30 , and that people spend their money over a longer period of time .
24	By 0930 they were all in their coaches for the long journey back to Brighton , for that evening they all became civilians again and had to be ready for their ordinary jobs on Monday .
25	Then she ran her fingers through the long strands of her hair , getting rid of the worst of the tangles and flicking it back from her face .
26	But his parents ' place in Hemlock Road was their base for a long time .
27	No wicker chairs could be seen there now , only a rusty harrow baring its teeth in the long grass like a mantrap .
28	Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’
29	It is for their benefit in the long term .
30	Their more ample resources also explain why it was least common for such upper-class grandparents to share a house with their grandchildren on a longer basis .