Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [art] long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 2 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 3 | He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director . |
| 4 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
| 5 | The secretary of the planning committee that examined the project was an MI6 officer called George Blake who had recently returned to England after a long spell of captivity in Korea . |
| 6 | Brave Melanie Dean , of Fransham Road , Pallister Park , died in January after a long battle against cystic fibrosis . |
| 7 | Both may be guessing , although the Encomiast is reasonably well-informed on the campaigns late in Æthelred II's reign , and William 's report of mixed methods need not be far wrong , even if it is a guess ; the armies which troubled England over the long period between c.985 and 1016 do often seem to have comprised the warbands of a number of men , are unlikely to have been organised and commanded solely by Danish kings , did not consist entirely of Danes , and frequently appear to have been motivated mainly by a desire for booty . |
| 8 | A St. Annes car heading for Blackpool along the long straight of Lytham Road before the First World War : notice the absence of traffic ! |
| 9 | JE : Though this role was written for you , in a sense , did you find it difficult having to sing Britten after a long career in the standard repertoire ? |
| 10 | Professor John Vincent in a long assessment of Gladstone observes " He was appalled by frivolity , and frivolity was appalled by him … " something in the tone of his voice and his way of coming into the room that is not aristocratic . |
| 11 | Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser . |
| 12 | ‘ Everyone loves dressing up , you know ’ , my ten year-old companion said to me as we walked together through Charlecote Park in Warwickshire down the long driveway to the sixteenth century gatehouse . |
| 13 | Oates was waiting at the door to lead Patrick down the long corridor to the office opposite the actual mortuary . |
| 14 | Thus the death of Catherine I of Russia in 1727 and the changes it produced in Russian policy in the Baltic brought about a reconciliation with Britain after a long period of antagonism ; the death in 1762 of the Empress Elizabeth meant Russia 's immediate withdrawal from the Seven Years War ; and the accession to the throne of Frederick II was an essential preliminary to the Prussian attack on Silesia in 1740 . |
| 15 | Energy flashed past Ardamal in a long arc of fire , blistering the side of the shaft , missing his face by less than half a metre . |
| 16 | Marion McManus , the wife of television actor , Mark McManus , died today in Glasgow after a long fight against cancer . |
| 17 | It would take two hours or more to reach the Auto-Route du Soleil on the long way to Paris . |
| 18 | The current state of Preston 's finances put taxi rides across London among the long list of temptations he would have to put behind him for a while . |
| 19 | Piper looked at Luke for a long time as if trying to find a face behind the face . |
| 20 | Squaring her shoulders and remembering that what lay ahead was , after all , a job interview , she followed Dr Russell up the long flight of steps at the front of the house and through a wooden latticework door on to a cool veranda where outdoor furniture splashed with warm tropical colours was invitingly arranged . |