Example sentences of "a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The depth of a ( rooted ) tree is the length of a longest path from the root to a leaf . |
| 2 | The shadow Health Secretary , David Blunkett , called it ‘ a damp squib with a long fuse attached to a powder keg ’ , and the Trades Union Congress firecast the plans would cost thousands of jobs . |
| 3 | Dynamite on a long fuse Myles Palmer talks to singer , Brenda Lee , returning to Scotland on tour , and celebrating 33 years in the music business ‘ I know what entertainers have gone through to get to that point on the stage , to put the performance on for you . |
| 4 | A long kilometre or so later , I entered the city 's outskirts . |
| 5 | Graham had been working on his yacht , the Sea Eagle , during a break on a long sailing trip , when he suffered an electric shock . |
| 6 | In the UK , the Government took a long look at the spectrum before launching a fifth and sixth TV channel . |
| 7 | He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing . |
| 8 | Sam took a long look at her face . |
| 9 | The palazzo itself will be dealt with later when the trip reaches its frontage , but it is worth a long look as you move past . |
| 10 | Watching it takes you into the mind of Ramanujan as surely as a long look into his eyes . |
| 11 | Mr Gillis took a long look from one tip of the arc of boys round to the other . |
| 12 | Those who know better will not rest contented with such a meagre peep of a lake so singularly grand , but will round the hill rather more than another mile to the west , and when the dark lake is full in view , sit down to drink a long look from that favourable point of view . |
| 13 | Vanessa gave him a long look , then delved into her handbag and produced a small object . |
| 14 | After a long look I had made up my mind to continue 18 . |
| 15 | They were pulled into the stewards room after the race as officials took a long look at an incident early in the straight.A ban would have ruled the pair out of the Cambridgeshire and the Arc , but no action was taken . |
| 16 | She spotted us at the same time and after a long look , took her offspring and ambled away along the side of the mountain . |
| 17 | She gave me rather a long look but let it go at that . |
| 18 | He gave me a long look . |
| 19 | Cindy gave him a long look through her sunglasses . |
| 20 | Coffin gave him a long look and he was n't laughing . |
| 21 | He delivered her a long look , then smiled . |
| 22 | Vass responded with a long look . |
| 23 | He gave her a long look . |
| 24 | He took a long look at the approaching man , who was obviously not keen on leaving the shelter of the trees . |
| 25 | Rohan gave her a long look , then strode over to the clump of bushes she indicated . |
| 26 | I have taken a long look at local government finance . |
| 27 | West gave that a long look but eventually ducked , deciding that East ‘ must ’ hold the ace of diamonds . |
| 28 | Guido treated her to a long look between narrowed dark eyes . |
| 29 | He gave her a long look , and then he laughed . |
| 30 | He gave her a long look . |