Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | That English tradition of the amateur is of course a long one , and by no means ignoble , reaching back as it does through John Morley to Walter Bagehot , to Burke , to Addison , and so all the way to Philip Sidney and the Renaissance all-round man . |
| 2 | Waterford as highly encouraging — exploration between Kilmeaden and Kilmacthomas found primary gold traces of nearly two ounces per tonne — though this is of course a long way from a commercial proposition . |
| 3 | Incubation has of course a long and reputable history in antiquity . |
| 4 | He was from and he 'd been out of work a long time . |
| 5 | At that , I was silent with mistrust a long time . |
| 6 | We have been in business a long time and not being selected by one particular country is not going to have a significant effect on us at all . ’ |
| 7 | At the same time , socialists do not like being reminded of their own dismal record when in government a long time ago . |
| 8 | But he does offer in introduction a long and original dissertation on his subject in literature . |
| 9 | Philip hoped Uncle Walter would n't be in hospital a long time . |
| 10 | She knew he would be in hospital a long time and wondered how they would manage if he ever came home . |
| 11 | There is in English a long tradition of Horatian poetics . |
| 12 | It is fortunate for the further success of the breed that the liaison between these two animals did not produce fruit , except on one occasion , since the bitch was in fact a long coat , and thus unable to be registered with the ADRK . |
| 13 | It was in fact a long time before all the rabbits had come back to the hollow in the middle of the field . |
| 14 | It will mainly be because they have been in office a long time , and because of the recession . |
| 15 | They go with the will of the people and the will of the people is to go along with the President , I 've been in politics a long time . |
| 16 | He also put on sale a long pamphlet of his own , National Socialism Now , to justify his secession from Mosley and the new course he had chosen . |
| 17 | It reminded her of why she had started refusing most invitations to date a long time ago . |
| 18 | Some latitude can be allowed to serious critics who write for periodicals which go to press a long time before a show is on view ; these critics will not be able to comment on how the exhibition actually looks , as their articles will have been written before the show 's installation . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been at sea a long time . |
| 20 | If you do much watering by can a long way from a tap , get a matching pair , each holding 2 gallons . |