Example sentences of "[prep] a long [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document has reappeared after a long sleep in California , and is estimated at £150,000 . |
| 2 | Peter and Paul , Yeadon died in Leeds Infirmary after a long illness on October 24th . |
| 3 | After a long while of silence he unlocked his arms from her . |
| 4 | A friend of mine found this out when he brought a video back with him after a long weekend in Amsterdam . |
| 5 | Jonathan Horne secured it for his client after a long battle at £31,900 ( estimate £5,000-£8,000 ) . |
| 6 | After a long session of testing , Alex became increasingly crotchety and unco-operative and , in one marvellous sequence captured on video-tape , after a tiring day at the office the parrot says : ‘ I 'm going to go away ’ . |
| 7 | Tributes have been pouring in following the death of Grant Thornton 's senior tax partner Philip Hardman on 4 January at the age of 56 , after a long fight against cancer . |
| 8 | Marion McManus , the wife of television actor , Mark McManus , died today in Glasgow after a long fight against cancer . |
| 9 | It had been a dry summer but the pool was full and the young people , many of them travel-stained after a long trek from Portofino , were lying in steaming baths , their toes poised to activate the gilded taps . |
| 10 | The wheel was in active service from 1960 , after a long journey by train from Argyll to Dorset . |
| 11 | After a long day of presentations , the angels and the businessmen finally get together in the traditional way . |
| 12 | That 's something that did n't happen when I came home after a long day at work . |
| 13 | Nothing is known as to what has happened in Switzerland , but it does appear that in the United States , after a long course of litigation , the attempts have failed . |
| 14 | After a long pause for refreshment , we can return to the question we started with — how to tell a first edition . |
| 15 | But when he returned to the ministry in 1913 , after a long spell of service in Rome , a great deal had changed . |
| 16 | The secretary of the planning committee that examined the project was an MI6 officer called George Blake who had recently returned to England after a long spell of captivity in Korea . |
| 17 | On close inspection it looks more like the second touring production of Absurd Person Singular after a long spell in Pitlochry . |
| 18 | His reappearance after a long night of uncertainty prompted scenes of rejoicing among Palestinians around the Middle East . |
| 19 | After a long gallop to Radstock our two heroes then made their weary way back to Crediton where they made their final assault . |
| 20 | He had retired to NZ after a long career in education and publishing with Schofield & Sims , Collins Educational and Holmes McDougall , where latterly he had been publishing director . |
| 21 | Now near retirement after a long career in product development , Mr Dulude can presumably act without fear or favour . |
| 22 | Before he 'd even put the head down after a long flight to Glasgow , Lindi was expressing his confidence about Monday 's outcome . |
| 23 | Mike Ford returns to the team after a long break through injury . |
| 24 | It 's like people sometimes have problems when they come out after a long stay in hospital — or the same sort of thing anyway . |
| 25 | Even the greatest of God 's servants , after a long lifetime of trust and obedience , can fall . |
| 26 | He had reached there late after a long tramp from Ballyjamesduff in the next county . |
| 27 | Young people , the unemployed and women returning to work after a long period at home will have to show extra ingenuity to extract evidence of their work skills and potential from their life history . |
| 28 | Thus the death of Catherine I of Russia in 1727 and the changes it produced in Russian policy in the Baltic brought about a reconciliation with Britain after a long period of antagonism ; the death in 1762 of the Empress Elizabeth meant Russia 's immediate withdrawal from the Seven Years War ; and the accession to the throne of Frederick II was an essential preliminary to the Prussian attack on Silesia in 1740 . |
| 29 | What distinguishes the companies still with us after a long period of recession is that they are lucky — they do not seem to have been hit by the unexpected . |
| 30 | After a long period of deliberation , during which Craganour 's owner Charles Bower Ismay was seen to become ever more pale , the official announcement was given : the race went to Aboyeur . |