Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a long [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some learning resources are cheaper than others , and British primary schools have improvised for a long time with the very simplest materials including the discarded packaging of the consumer society . |
| 2 | The room , possibly used as a chancery by the duke , was dominated by a long table with chairs down either side and a high-backed , throne-like seat at the top . |
| 3 | Extensive entries for each of the artist 's works are preceded by a long chronology with numbered and itemised sections discussing in detail the major developments in Magritte 's career . |
| 4 | Oliver was deeply grateful for this offer of shelter and talked for a long time with his new friend . |
| 5 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 6 | Peggy had lived for a long time with an aunt while her daddy and mummy were abroad , and she had been spoilt by always getting her own way . |
| 7 | Russia 's history can be read as a long battle with geography and climate . |
| 8 | It has also , strangely , given my mother a measure of freedom — the freedom through him to be the sort of woman she had , perhaps , suppressed in a long marriage with four children . |
| 9 | At Montego Bay there was an overall shed backed by a long building with an elaborate tower . |