Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] a long [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But cases of die links between different places or over a long period of time are unusual . |
| 2 | The result is that conflicts in one set of relationships , over a wide range of society , or over a long period of time , lead to the re-establishment of social cohesion ( 1955 : 2 ) . |
| 3 | She was worried by the way he roamed about touching everything , and during a long chat to Mrs Allinson expressed her concern that he could not get on with anything , and could not write or read . |
| 4 | Throughout her marriage , and during a long period as a single parent , she was a journalist , editing magazines such as Honey , Over 21 , and Working Woman , as well as being Woman 's Page Editor on the Sunday Times and The Independent . |
| 5 | Hawks could n't afford to repair the aircraft and after a long rest in the hangar , it was bought by Ed Connerton who rebuilt it as a two-seat military aircraft registered NX2491 . |
| 6 | Okay , Jesus is the Son of God , poor old Joseph is just a kind of surrogate father erm , you know like a test-tube baby father actually test tube er is er is like you know er a complete surrogate father er for God erm they 're threatened by Herod so they have to flee to Egypt and er then they come back and eventually Jesus realizes who he is and after a long struggle with good and evil , temptation at the desert , crucifixion and God knows what , erm off he goes back to you know , sitting up there on the right hand of God saying you know I 'm the Son of God which he is , so Oedipus , Oedipus is expelled by his parents , there 's a prophecy he will murder his father and marry his mother , so they get rid of him , but he does n't die , he gets found by a shepherd , brought up by a shepherd . |
| 7 | He stood watching beside the flower-beds ; and after a long minute of uninterrupted work , Orrie straightened his long , athlete 's back again , and turned towards his audience the massive , stony beauty of his face , flushed with exertion . |
| 8 | Finally , from whatever defence line was established and after a long period of mobilization , Nato 's forces ( presumably mostly Anglo-American ) would launch the great counter-offensive . |
| 9 | Despite having visited the country and despite a long interest in the area , even I was not fully aware of the complexities and the depth of feeling in the various component parts of Yugoslavia until I read the quite remarkable book that Chris Cviic wrote for the Royal Institute of International Affairs only a few months ago . |
| 10 | In winter that walk back home must have been hell : sleet , rain , snow and ice blowing across the moss , wet clothes clinging to chilled skin and ahead and behind a long line of miners ' lanterns " bobbing like glowworms in the dark " . |
| 11 | Kites are back in again , but they are a far cry from the diamond-shape oldies made from brown paper and with a long tail of twisted pieces of newspaper . |
| 12 | The position of the territory , situated to the northeast of Beijing , bordered to the east by Korea and with a long frontier with Russia , was somewhat ambiguous , Home of the Manchu Qing dynasty which ruled China from 1644 until its fall in 1911 , it had a distinct status shared with no other part of the empire . |
| 13 | In 1964 he was voted European Footballer of the Year and in a long career with Scotland he won 55 caps and earned the interchangeable nicknames ‘ Denis The Menace ’ or simply ‘ The King ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ But after a long deliberation of all the circumstances , the Board agreed to sanction the contest on the conditions laid down . ’ |
| 15 | He was apparently found to be running a temperature , but after a long season of competing in the best company , he may be past his best . |