Example sentences of "a [noun sg] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | And wh y'know we thought about this for a y'know a long time t and what we do want is a thin tier of bureaucracy . |
| 2 | Through a gap a long wave of treetops stretched to the horizon , in the middle distance the smoke was coming and going in irregular bursts as they had seen it do once before from Ridgery Steep . |
| 3 | I 've been a soldier myself , I was a soldier a long long time ago and er er training was different in my day to what it is today . |
| 4 | To someone on a planet a long , long way off it would look just like an ordinary star . ’ |
| 5 | Anyway , a friend told me that there was a band a long time ago , in the '60s , that had the same name . |
| 6 | Harlow should of applied for a designation a long time ago if Harlow had been designated then surrounding councils would have had to live up their responsibilities to provide adequate sites for travellers which they have not done and successive governments have also failed to apply the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight adequately . |
| 7 | Once I catch a glimpse of the light of a car or maybe a tractor a long way up the valley , and this sees to make my isolation even more profound . |
| 8 | In Germany , where the authorities have wisely allocated digital phones a slot a long way from that used by their analogue brothers , there are other worries . |
| 9 | The Mock Turtle was in the middle of a very sad song when they all heard a shout a long way away : ‘ It 's beginning ! ’ |