Example sentences of "[subord] a long and [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Child , ’ said Cadfael , after a long and thoughtful silence , ‘ do not deceive yourself that even that would still every tongue . |
| 2 | ‘ A band to welcome us back and I should think so too … after a long and tiring march in pouring rain . |
| 3 | After a long and bitter divorce , 34-year-old Wendy Almon was looking forward to starting a new life . |
| 4 | The structure of the skull , jaws , and gills of vertebrates has been interpreted , after a long and sophisticated study , as a filter-feeding device modified to take larger prey , fused to a bony box protecting the brain . |
| 5 | ‘ After a long and painful recession business needs to readdress the strategic issues to secure sustainable growth in the 90s , ’ said Harold Eatock , director of the CBI south-eastern region . |
| 6 | After a long and painful illness , the Reverend Hans Ott died in Berne , Switzerland , on 21 July . |
| 7 | Pompidou died in April 1974 : his death , after a long and painful illness , had been expected by politicians , but surprised a general public unprepared by ORTF news bulletins . |
| 8 | After a long and difficult series of negotiations Nicholas managed to save the greater part of the estate of his brother , who at one time seemed likely to be ruined . |
| 9 | The neatness comes afterwards ; it gets imposed when a long and laborious and very untidy process is shortcircuited by the observation ( which Dostoevsky himself may never have made ) of a direct link between Stavrogin and the underground man . |