Example sentences of "a long [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A long scene at the blackboard with an awkward customer among his ranks worried the actor . |
| 32 | All wear the same type of loose shroud , a garment similar to a long nightshirt with draw-strings at the neck and wrists and a cuff deep enough to cover the hand while leaving the fingers exposed . |
| 33 | He looked at her and said , adopting roguishness , ‘ Would you like to come on a long journey with me ? |
| 34 | Even so , we are taking the first steps in a long journey towards an understanding of the body clock and the way it adjusts to our environment . |
| 35 | It was a long journey to Alum Bay . |
| 36 | We moved in with them , although it meant I had a long journey to the hospital every day and I had to sleep there when I was on call , and we stayed with them until he was nine . |
| 37 | Why do so many people want to take a long journey into that rather strange place that is known as Adland . |
| 38 | Curwen 's interest in agriculture probably dated from a long journey through Europe following the death of his first wife in 1778 . |
| 39 | It was best not to wonder , for I faced a long journey in what remained of the Maggot 's plane . |
| 40 | Flints containing sponges may be incorporated into younger sediments ( they are then known as derived fossils ) , and it is not unusual for such flints to be dug up in suburban gardens around London — a long journey from the Cretaceous seas . |
| 41 | In 1954 it was a long journey by rail from Glasgow to Paris , and it must have seemed longer to me . |
| 42 | The wheel was in active service from 1960 , after a long journey by train from Argyll to Dorset . |
| 43 | She took a long drink of her tea and then continued , ‘ Anyway , she 'll go before long , never fear . ’ |
| 44 | He uncorked his canteen and took a long drink of water . |
| 45 | Geoffrey took a long drink of his whisky . |
| 46 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 47 | He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water . |
| 48 | ‘ It 's like a long drink to a thirsty man ’ . |
| 49 | He took a long drink from the bottle of wine , saying , ‘ Here 's luck ! ’ |
| 50 | it 's just a long drive over there |
| 51 | ‘ A long drive to the sea . ’ |
| 52 | But Whitehill town councillor John Bennett is pointing out that , even when this happens , local people will still face a long drive to the nearest casualty unit . |
| 53 | It was a long drive to Dresden . |
| 54 | She said , feeling angry with herself , ‘ It 's a long drive to London . |
| 55 | ‘ I fancy it very much , ’ she said , and checked her watch , ‘ but it 's well past three and it 's a long drive to Lisbon , so should n't you make a start ? ’ |
| 56 | The only other area in Britain which can compare for steep ice-fall climbs is the North West of Scotland , and that 's a long drive for a weekend 's climbing — even for the Scots ! |
| 57 | The house is approached by a long drive through pastoral fields . |
| 58 | Well , it 's a long drive from Essex … |
| 59 | It was a long drive from the airport , made tedious by the unnatural , tense silence in the cab . |
| 60 | The game was being played at furious pace and it was Richardson who was put to the test when he dived to turn round a long drive from Darlington in the thirty eighth minute . |