Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wood Group Fire Protection 's Great Yarmouth branch performed well across its whole product range and was successful in being awarded a long term maintenance contract with Shell Expro . |
| 2 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
| 3 | He does n't deserve to be facing a long prison sentence . |
| 4 | ‘ It seems to be taking a long time , ’ Omi observed . |
| 5 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 6 | ‘ These lights seem to be taking a long time to change ’ |
| 7 | Watching the door , Lucy stood waiting for them to emerge again , but their exit appeared to be taking a long time to eventuate . |
| 8 | A few of us may become angry , but most of us have to be pushed a long way before we abandon our normal passivity . |
| 9 | We were pleased to be awarded a long term contract from BP for integrated engineering services on their Magnus , Thistle and Miller platforms . |
| 10 | It either comes from the river beds or is scraped from rock ( tufa ) higher up the mountain — either way it has to be carried a long way over steep slopes . |
| 11 | to be having a long holiday ! |
| 12 | But because the new craft will broadcast at a high power , they will have to be spaced a long way apart so that TV sets in , say , Canada do not receive signals meant for the US . |