Example sentences of "a long [noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory . |
| 2 | Generally speaking cannons have such a long range that it is pointless moving them about . |
| 3 | And mine matey and bess be about me that was quite a long exclamation but it was something surprise them terribly , Oh bess be about me , just sort of , Oh God come to me help , sort of thing . |
| 4 | A comfortable sleeping bag provides the means to re-charge your batteries at the end of a long day so it 's important to ensure you have the right one for the job . |
| 5 | Careful attention to engine mounting and sound insulation means that the large engine sounds almost as though it belongs to the car in front — a remote burbling noise that seems to have travelled a long way before it reaches the driver 's ear . |
| 6 | THE greeting cards , gift wrap and stationery people T&A Thompson Cards have come a long way since it all began for them in a garage about 15 years ago — they have just opened a superb new outlet in the Ravenhill Business Park . |
| 7 | ‘ It sounds a long way and it 'll be getting dark soon . ’ |
| 8 | It 's not cheap but the dispenser means a little goes a long way and it 's more hygienic than a pot . |
| 9 | Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method . |
| 10 | SEVEN years is a long sentence but it is hardly long enough for Dr Tom Courtney . |
| 11 | It 's a long story but it 's true , sure as I sit 'ere . |
| 12 | If you are wearing trousers you 'll have to wear a long top so it does n't show anything . ’ |
| 13 | Her mother handed her a glass of white wine , so generously filled that Kate was obliged to take a long sip before it was safe to put it down on the small table by the side of the chair . |
| 14 | But I say , it should 've been it should 've been all d I mean everybody 's known about this chiller for a long while and it 's as I say , I mean when was here it was costing a thousand pound a time . |
| 15 | and erm it were a long play and it were hundred and twenty nine pound video . |
| 16 | Within another two miles we can pick out the inverted ‘ L ’ pattern of one end of a long forest where it touches a B road , adjacent to which point two minor roads feed in at T-junctions ( K , picture taken from south of track — with apologies for the slightly confusing cloud shadow . ) |
| 17 | A long pole and it worked a lot of cog wheels and the shaft going through to the dairy to turn the churn . |
| 18 | Whereas when you and I were buying houses it was oh it 's a long process and it ca n't be hurried . |
| 19 | Queue , queue barny magrew leg it , run , leg it I know a short cut , it 's a long shot but it might just work |
| 20 | ‘ Developing a single European currency will take a long time but it will make the most significant contribution to European , and therefore world , financial stability . |
| 21 | mathematicians a long time but it does help . |
| 22 | Tom equalled the championship record of 276 with a 70 and I thought it would be a long time before it would be broken . |
| 23 | And it 's going to be a long time before it 's going to be possible , so therefore we still have to use animals , I see no way round it . |
| 24 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |
| 25 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |
| 26 | It , it 'll take a long time before it starts to buck up . |
| 27 | Celtic Crescent was n't a crescent , and it was a long time since it had been Celtic . |
| 28 | I did n't always agree with her Chopin , and her Liszt was a disaster area , but I 'd listen to her for a long time if it 's Schumann . |
| 29 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 30 | We have , we have had that form kicking around for quite a long time and it 's never really been |