Example sentences of "[pron] a long and " in BNC.
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| 1 | We spent the morning raking gently , and he told me a long and obscene story about a girl called Tina Jelly from Aldershot . |
| 2 | But it also seemed that the Treasury had wanted to forget about the competition , as three days later Hall sent them a long and detailed reminder about its progress . |
| 3 | I should like to thank Edward and Peter for their years of service to the Diocese and to wish them a long and happy retirement . |
| 4 | Club organiser Maureen Mayers thanked Dr. Brill for all his thought and care over many years , and wished him a long and happy retirement . |
| 5 | As he approached tentatively , wanting to seem friendly but not to alarm her , she had turned on him a long and curious glance from remarkable , slanted , violet-blue eyes . |
| 6 | We wish him a long and happy retirement . |
| 7 | George has completed 40 years ’ service with the company working in various locations and all his friends and colleagues gathered at Southall to wish him a long and happy retirement . |
| 8 | We wish him a long and happy retirement . |
| 9 | It would also save her a long and weary trudge along that endless winding lane . |
| 10 | Many of Hazel 's friends gathered at Yew Lodge to wish her a long and happy retirement , and regional managing director Graham Foote presented her with a microwave oven , a transistor radio , and numerous other gifts on behalf of her many friends and colleagues . |
| 11 | I handed over a plethora of retirement gifts from her colleagues and wished her a long and happy retirement . |
| 12 | The soldiers had found it a long and tiring period . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's really all you could ever ask for , is n't it a long and healthy life ? |