Example sentences of "[pron] a long [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ it 's not too easy to answer without giving you a long lecture on the structure of the body . ’ |
| 2 | She gave me a long discourse regarding the horrors of the Middle Ages , concluding by saying , ‘ Then was much misery in Budapest . |
| 3 | Before I left , she gave me a long talk on the re-wiring of her flat and asked if we have old-fashioned fuse-boxes . |
| 4 | ‘ Take him a long way from the Tree and kill him ! ’ |
| 5 | Had a car not followed her a long way along the Bayswater Road when she was coming to meet Urquhart ? |
| 6 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 7 | He rested his hand on her shoulder and gave her a long kiss on the lips . |
| 8 | This will condense and form a fine dust much of which will return to the surface , most of it a long way from the impact . |
| 9 | Zambian broadcasters found themselves a long way down the civil service hierarchy and were accordingly poorly paid , some earning the meagre salary of a junior clerk ; certain technical studio operators received little more than messengers did . |