Example sentences of "after a long [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legislation on " small " privatizations , whereby around 100,000 state-owned shops , restaurants and other small businesses would be put up for auction , had been passed on Oct. 25 , 1990 , after a long official debate on its pace and a spate of strikes by shopworkers fearing redundancy . |
| 2 | Mr Nyers was speaking shortly after a long procedural wrangle on the method of electing the new leadership . |
| 3 | Finally , after a long desperate battle with her conscience , she agreed , after he had had a small heart attack , to put him into a local hospital . |
| 4 | After a long preliminary chat with the man from the LER , Chapman decided it was time to press home the point . |
| 5 | After a long genial conversation between Gerry Matthews and the road-sweeper , we were on our way . |
| 6 | There had been times , especially after a long busy night at the club , when she had been severely tempted to just throw in the towel and thumb through the Yellow Pages to find the nearest painter and decorator to hand . |