Example sentences of "and the [noun] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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1 | But these are hard times for Moroccans , what with a $22 billion foreign debt , a depressed market for the country 's main export , phosphates , and the after-effects of a long drought . |
2 | He was glad of the moon , for he had been walking away from the road and the quarry for a long time and had reached the rising , stony ground at the foot of the foin . |
3 | We should also recall that the nature of the war , sieges pursued by both sides and the defence of a long frontier stretching from Le Crotoy in the east to Mont-Saint-Michel in the west , dictated a kind of war in which heavy cavalry played relatively little part other than in defence . |
4 | You never watched Lady And The Tramp for a long time have you ? |
5 | The outbreak of the Second World War marked the turning point in Midland 's fortunes and the start of a long decline . |
6 | It was only a short spell of relief , most of it spent down Channel in atrocious summer weather as I remember , but it was enough to whet my appetite for more , and the start of a long love affair with Venturous . |
7 | Nöel Marie Joseph Edouard , Vicomte de Currières de Castelnau , to give him his full title , was a warm-blooded Pyrenean like Foch and Joffre , but he was also a nobleman and the scion of a long line of fighting generals . |