Example sentences of "[be] on a long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you 're on a long run conditions may change from the top to the bottom ; and when you feel your skis biting through the top surface it 's time to head back to the piste before you break up the snow too much .
2 Do n't think that because you are on a long term site you are secure ; one has already closed in Cumbria and more could follow .
3 Well I , when I come back from Stop Hill when I 've been on a long shift till five o'clock , I 'm whacked because their bungalow is so warm
4 B : oh they were on a long while I think before that +
5 But also , look as those er , those short answers , now it 's important that you answer the short answer questions well alright , because it 's , it 's a lot easier to get good marks on a short answer question , providing you do it well , than it is on a long answer question .
6 She was on a long time .
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