Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [vb pp] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several groups of them specialise in this diet and each has evolved a long sticky tongue entirely independently : a marsupial , the numbat , in Australia ; a distant relative of primitive antelopes , the aardvark in Africa ; the pangolins of Asia and Africa which are covered in a mail of horny plates so that they resemble giant animated fir-cones ; and the three very different ant-eaters of South America , the gazelle-sized giant of the savannahs , the squirrel-sized pygmy from the forest canopy , and the monkey-sized tamandua from its mid-storey . |
| 2 | This has created a long period of uncertainty , but in fact it now appears that they do not grant core funding ( and inside information indicates that the NCC element is the dominant one ) . |
| 3 | As though all this had happened a long time ago . |
| 4 | The French have gone a long way towards providing a road and water supply and members of the ‘ Pater Nostra ’ organisation are studying in Budapest , Vienna and Germany to obtain qualifications in medicine , physiotherapy , occupational therapy and other skills which will enable them to provide the day-to-day care of the residents in the future . |
| 5 | The death of their mother , Ann Wordsworth , in 1778 , when William was seven and Dorothy six had cast a long shadow over their early lives , and had left them and their three brothers effectively orphaned . |
| 6 | These , these have lasted a long time have n't |
| 7 | ‘ The theme of the story was that something very sinister had happened a long time ago which had left the planet looking entirely different from anywhere you could see on Earth . |
| 8 | But the YF-22 has won a long , hard dogfight against its rival prototype , the YF-23 , to become the air force 's next fighter . |
| 9 | The new , improved materials available have gone a long way towards extending the lifespan of today 's flat roof . |