Example sentences of "[adj] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking this a long step further , André Cassagnes ( France ) has his own special polyester fittings moulded by a friend M.Minot . |
| 2 | MIND realised this a long time ago . |
| 3 | She laboured at this a long time , taking great care in the shaping and moulding of the tiny , human forms , but then she grew tired . |
| 4 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 5 | ‘ The petition read , ‘ It is incumbent upon the council to prevent the crown falling to issue of the pretended wedlock between his late Majesty and the lady Elizabeth Woodville , made without the consent of the lords of the land , and by the sorcery of the said Elizabeth and her mother Jacquetta — as the voice is throughout the land — privily and secretly in a chamber , without proclamation by banns according to the laudable custom of the English church ; the said King Edward being married and troth-plight a long time before to one , Eleanor Butler , daughter to the old Earl of Shrewsbury ’ . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah we enjoy it but it 's just such a long drive |
| 7 | with a high curved roof supported by girders forged in a Liverpool ironworks , and marble pillars and floors , ornately carved canopies , shafts of sunlight emphasising its height , and indeed , everything of a cathedral but altars and pews … . it was a relief to me , after such a long trip , to arrive at this station … |
| 8 | It was such a long trip , ’ she could n't help craning her neck to see where the old witch was . |
| 9 | And embarking on such a long trip . |
| 10 | John 's firm having been established for nearly forty years by this time , the rival Lawrence Girls were definitely more earthy in character , with not a snob amongst them possibly because they did not have such a long tradition . |
| 11 | They ca n't afford such a long delay or they will become like Camel Laird , an extinct breed . |
| 12 | But the doctors ' lawyers augue the case can not be allowed to go ahead after such a long delay . |
| 13 | But it took her such a long while before she would sit in one of these . |
| 14 | Well I think they 're so , my own I do n't mind paying a bit more for really , because they 're so last me such a long while . |
| 15 | The reason for such a long flue , which is not uncommon , is that vapours given off during smelting of lead polluted the surrounding landscape , whereas long flues allowed the fumes to settle harmlessly . |
| 16 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 17 | but er , as you say erm , really it 's such a long journey that you need a breather before you need to start to cross the channel |
| 18 | Generally speaking cannons have such a long range that it is pointless moving them about . |
| 19 | But boys have such a long range , Clelia , do pick up that crust . |
| 20 | No other industry has such a long history of coming up with environment-friendly selling points that are profit-friendly too . |
| 21 | How do you keep the material fresh on such a long tour ? |
| 22 | One explanation for all the flying muck is that , after such a long campaign , the candidates ( whose views are similar on many issues ) simply ran out of things to say . |
| 23 | Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks . |
| 24 | After such a long day I thought of my wife and son with ‘ What have I done ? ’ running through my head as I dropped off to sleep . |
| 25 | I ask him why he did it he said oh well he has such a long name such a very long name spoils the picture |
| 26 | Brontosaurus was a more massive version of Diplodocus , with not such a long tail ( because of the extremely small head of the Brontosaurus in comparison with their huge bodies , the name was recently changed — unnecessarily — to Apatosaurus . |
| 27 | Well you see , what Freud had to explain here was how he could have had such a long dream when the dreamer reported that he woke up more or less instantly from the stimulus of something hitting him on the back of the neck . |
| 28 | cos there 's such a long waiting list , tha that 's the value of it out there |
| 29 | ‘ That 's ever such a long way off , ’ said Dot . |
| 30 | Having come such a long way it is a pity that the story ends in 1900 , without discussing the alleged takeover of chemistry by modern physics . |