Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [prep] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The anarchist , or more accurately anarcho-syndicalist , CNT ( National Confederation of Labour ) had been founded in 1910–11 ; its main bastions were Catalonia , where socialist strength in the working class was virtually non-existent ; Andalusia , where anarchism drew vigour from a long tradition of rural insurrectionism and millenarianism ; Zaragoza ; and parts of Asturias , Valencia and Galicia . |
| 2 | He always found room for a long line of sweet peas ; it gave him immense pleasure to pick an armful of these , take them home , present them to Mum and fill the house with their glorious scent . |
| 3 | Certain quality developments will have little or no cost saving effect but will improve patient safety — for example , the preferential use , wherever possible , of well tried drugs with a long safety record . |
| 4 | But although I played lead for a long time in the group I never cite lead players like Clapton or Beck . |
| 5 | In a poll , published last week , asking voters to rank in order of priority the issues they most wanted discussed during the election campaign , unemployment came top by a long way , followed by worries about the funding of the badly-indebted State pension and social security fund , and then education and training . |
| 6 | Edward looked up from the picture and studied mc for a long moment . |
| 7 | The three figures were now almost at the road and out in the open when Taff opened fire with a long burst . |
| 8 | Nkrumah reassured Macmillan in a long letter ( 26 September 1961 ) . |
| 9 | By the death , at the age of 66 , of Mr. Philip Henry Thomas which took place after a long illness , on Saturday the 18th instant , at his residence at 13 Rusham Road , Battersea loses a citizen who has been active for 40 years in championing the cause of Liberalism in this borough … . |
| 10 | James , a £1.3million signing from Watford , looked set for a long run but his mistakes have persuaded Souness to take him out of the spotlight . |
| 11 | The Grantley Ripper looked set for a long reign of terror . |
| 12 | In 1563 one Hoppringle had been set upon and murdered in his house by a joint force of Armstrongs and Elliots , which gave rise to a long Border feud . |
| 13 | Or is it just another ‘ Cry Wolf situation ? , asked Bunker after a long pause . |
| 14 | With the conquest of Normandy , however , Philip-Augustus gained control of a long stretch of coastline opposite England , from which he could also ‘ oversee ’ Brittany , while access from the mouth of the Seine gave him a means of developing trade and a wider market . |