Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] a long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is much exercised about a long letter which arrived today , which she did not show me , but smiled over , and caught up and folded away . |
| 2 | The students all studied through a long distance learning scheme with four tutors based in different parts of Britain . |
| 3 | Jenna did n't know if he meant that they had finally arrived after a long journey or if he was reliving his youth here , claiming his past again . |
| 4 | ‘ … and the pathetic thing was that he thought he had just recovered from a long period of madness . ’ |
| 5 | Of course , as has been shown , neither English nor humane education were simply " there " , but had been laboriously constructed over a long period . |
| 6 | it is what I 've always thought for a long time that somebody like Brian if he 's not if he 's not showing at our fish at our show , even as an A class judge , I , I fail to see why he ca n't judge at our show it 's , he goes to Skelm and , and judges there and our fish will be there or strange really when we 're struggling for judges that , that we do n't do these things . |
| 7 | It is extremely light , low cut , very wide fitting — the widest I 've ever found for a long time — and together with an EVA insert into the sole unit , gave me very comfortable walking . |
| 8 | Meanwhile the army , despite the FMLN 's truce offer of Sept. 14 , was still engaged in a long push against guerrilla strongholds , and a major FMLN counter-offensive was not ruled out . |
| 9 | Curwen 's interest in agriculture probably dated from a long journey through Europe following the death of his first wife in 1778 . |
| 10 | Probably inspired by a long term association with UFO 's Phil Mogg , the subsequent ‘ Back On The Streets Again ’ album was a turgid affair . |
| 11 | Probably inspired by a long term association with UFO 's Phil Mogg , the subsequent ‘ Back On The Streets Again ’ album was a turgid affair . |
| 12 | We have also known for a long time that morphine cures diarrhoea . |
| 13 | We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it . |
| 14 | This served with 28 Squadron under 5 Wing and was later stored for a long time at 15 Air Depot at Snake Valley , adjacent to Swartkop before going to serve with the MEFS at Bloemspruit . |
| 15 | Sometimes they were reduced to shirt-like softness ; often replaced by a long coat . |
| 16 | Those two there that look like twins half an inch apart : they may in fact be nauseatingly sundered by a long light-time of depth , united only by the angle of our point of view . |
| 17 | The foundations were now securely laid for a long period of prosperity rising to a peak in the early fourth century , if one can judge from the mansion-type houses in the towns and countryside . |
| 18 | Like domestic Guinea Pigs , the young are born well developed after a long gestation period of four months — covered in fur and with eyes open , they run around the mother soon after birth . |
| 19 | The view that aggression is an integral part of human nature has been strongly argued for a long time by exceptionally articulate and persuasive individuals . |
| 20 | Took up some good positions , had one half chance which the keeper did well to hold , and then chased after a long ball , outrun 2 defenders , hit it first time from 25 yards or so — straight into the bottom right corner , well the keeper got a slight touch which lifted it a bit higher but you get the idea . |
| 21 | There 's really no chance of getting bitten if your ferrets have been properly handled over a long period and are never scared . |
| 22 | It is closely related to a longer version extant in four manuscripts three of which assign it to him . |
| 23 | Your otherwise excellent cover version album was sadly marred by a long speech detailing how annoying it is that the price of eggs has gone up in Narodny-Karabakh . |
| 24 | If a ‘ back fence ’ is used , the stock is confined to its daily strip and the remainder of the grass is completely rested for a long period . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've been completely ignored for a long time , which has been a pretty good thing because it 's given us time to develop , ’ beams Brett . |
| 26 | Many people were therefore trapped for a long time . |
| 27 | All subjects studied were regular smokers but the duodenal ulcer patients were significantly older and had therefore smoked for a longer period ( Table I ) . |
| 28 | This technique was highly dangerous and required the skills that Cheshire had certainly acquired over a long period , but was equally within Gibson 's exceptional abilities . |