Example sentences of "end [prep] a [adv] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tito , at the age of 87 , was forced to stay alive for a few extra weeks by the vigorous application of every last trick of the medical trade , including the use of a kidney machine , long after it was apparent that he had reached the end of a pretty long road . |
| 2 | On the whole , they appear as keen at the end of a very long day as at the beginning . |
| 3 | This may be the middle of the afternoon to you , to me it 's evening — and the end of a very long day . ’ |
| 4 | Statements by the West German Bundesbank indicate that it views monetary union as a state which comes only at the end of a very long process of economic convergence . |
| 5 | So here we are today , almost at the end of a very long process , having experienced a wide ranging debate about the future of Greater York and numerous consultation exercises . |
| 6 | It is the end of a very long era . |
| 7 | Only at the end of a very long career did he occasionally depart from the highest standards of restrained good taste . |
| 8 | It 's like being a very little fish on the end of a very long line . ’ |