Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addition : Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add . |
| 2 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 3 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |
| 4 | If I 'd known that I would have been given a long lecture at the end of the day , well … ’ |
| 5 | Whereas if it got torn in the hand painted days then you 're talking a long length of time . |
| 6 | ‘ Our fans have been waiting a long time for a game like Sunday 's . |
| 7 | I have been waiting a long time for a British magazine to offer intelligent coverage of mainstream sport in a way that Sports Illustrated , among others in America , seems to do effortlessly . |
| 8 | She has been waiting a long time for your kiss . ’ |
| 9 | These are excellent if you are considering a long stay of two or three months . |
| 10 | ‘ I think that we are getting a long way from the subject , ’ he said . |
| 11 | When he turned it was obvious from his face that he had been having a long tussle with himself . |
| 12 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 13 | It either comes from the river beds or is scraped from rock ( tufa ) higher up the mountain — either way it has to be carried a long way over steep slopes . |
| 14 | I 'm writing a long article about the horrors of the diet and exercise industry . ’ ) |
| 15 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 16 | Muldoon seemed to be taking a long time over his coffee . |
| 17 | ‘ We were given a long account of tritium generation at Mount Mauna Loa and all that and then ‘ by the way here is the neutron spectrum ’ . |
| 18 | Detective Chief Superintendent Wycliffe and his wife , Helen , were to see the spectacle for the first time ; they were spending a long weekend with the Ballards , who lived on the moor above the town . |
| 19 | The collapse continued until many thousands of tons of rock were blocking a long section of the underground roadway . |
| 20 | ‘ With Lime Grove then , if you were planning a long shot from any particular place you had to be sure the camera could physically get to that exact spot to take it . |
| 21 | The normal method of securing is to drive a long nail through the end of the sleeper at an angle into the one beneath . |
| 22 | What is more , much of government expenditure is committed a long time in advance and can not easily be cut . |
| 23 | The net effect of these transactions is to establish a long position of $180 000 in a synthetic index future which comprises the thousand smaller shares quoted on the NYSE which are not in the S&P500 index . |
| 24 | Here the solution is to set a long net around the thicket so that it is totally surrounded and enclosed , in the hope that the rabbits can be bolted out and entangled in the net . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's taken a long time for the guilt to surface . ’ |
| 26 | She is planning a long holiday in Egypt and America and there has been talk of her working on a new ITV soap called Routes . |
| 27 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 28 | ( Later we learn that her body was carried a long distance on someone 's back , for there are only a few places in Tibet where sky burials are performed . ) |
| 29 | The defendant dock company , a wholly owned subsidiary of a port authority , was granted a long lease of part of a disused naval dockyard and applied to the plaintiff local authority for planning permission to develop the land as a commercial port . |
| 30 | Jehana was wearing a long gown of cream-coloured cloth . |