Example sentences of "[prep] a long [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legislation on " small " privatizations , whereby around 100,000 state-owned shops , restaurants and other small businesses would be put up for auction , had been passed on Oct. 25 , 1990 , after a long official debate on its pace and a spate of strikes by shopworkers fearing redundancy . |
| 2 | Mr Nyers was speaking shortly after a long procedural wrangle on the method of electing the new leadership . |
| 3 | Eventually , at the end of a long hard day on Loch Stack , he was persuaded to hang up his oars by two old friends . |
| 4 | The skeleton exhibits several dinosaurian hallmarks , such as a long deltopectoral crest on the humerus , reduction of the outer digits of the hand ( Fig. 2 ) , and an ascending process on the astragalus . |
| 5 | The play follows six women as they laugh and work , flirt and fight their way through a long hard year on the farm . |
| 6 | Stunningly visual and full of rich language , Sue Glover 's funny and moving new play follows six women as they laugh and work , flirt and fight their way through a long hard year on the farm . |
| 7 | If it suits you , you can relax with a long refreshing drink on the poolside terrace — and drink in the atmosphere as well . |