Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] a long [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has a long coachroof of medium height and a short-ended hull on which no attempt has been made to distort the lines . |
| 2 | Nicetius of Trier threatened to excommunicate Theudebert I for adultery , and he frequently excommunicated Chlothar I. He heads a long line of saints who dared to challenge the Merovingians on their sexual profligacy . |
| 3 | He has a long list of Parliamentary posts , including chairing the Parliamentary panel on charity law , acting as deputy chairman of the foreign affairs forum and secretary of both the back bench arts committee and smaller businesses committee . |
| 4 | It has a long tradition of settlement , the hill having been a fortified place since the mid-tenth century . |
| 5 | It has a long history of urban culture as a market centre for a pastoral and agricultural hinterland , as a garrison town and a centre of services and administration , and it is equally placed as the gateway to the Mittelland . |
| 6 | It has a long record of allocating high proportions of its annual budgets to defence , even appearing in the market for a submarine fleet in 1986 . |
| 7 | Never allow a water pump to suck in air if it feeds a long length of pipework to a system of tanks or ponds . |