Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] a long [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Someone got a long pole and closed the shutter . |
2 | For my part , I endured a long disquisition on the Tractarians from a young and opinionated university liberal . |
3 | I 'ad a long stint wiv Galloway an' I was gutted when I got the push an' we 'ad ter get out o' the 'ouse . |
4 | And I mean a long time ! ’ |
5 | I realized a long time ago why you were so set on Charlie and me marrying , and I 'm very fond of him , and I 'd like to go on living at Lady Mead for the rest of my life . |
6 | I got a long way to go to get to high class . |
7 | As soon as the train started , I drew a long breath of relief . |
8 | Someone reported a long time ago that an old lady , on her deathbed , was heard to say : ‘ Weel , it will be a great blessing to hear at last the real truth of the Gowrie conspiracy ’ . |
9 | ‘ I came a long way to say I 'm sorry , ’ Leonora reminded him . |
10 | As it happened , speaking a number of languages , I had more access to the room in which the drivers were locked up than most , and I filed a long despatch to The Times about the issues in the strike and the feeling among the drivers . |
11 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
12 | It was best not to wonder , for I faced a long journey in what remained of the Maggot 's plane . |
13 | That is why I allowed a long run on question 1 today — It was longer than I would normally allow . |
14 | I think it was Old Harlow or Hoddesdon somewhere I used to go , I know a long way off we had to go because there was n't anything round here was there ? |
15 | Well I know a long while ago |
16 | " I know a long time . |
17 | I spent a long time photographing the falls , taken with their grace . |
18 | I spent a long time reading the advertisements . |
19 | So I spent a long time trying to hide the place . |
20 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
21 | I spent a long time diving frantically after them , jamming the sheet at a bunch only to see half of them streaking out the other end , and I might have gone on indefinitely had I not felt a gentle touch on my arm . |
22 | I know it sounds thin , sir , but I spent a long time getting no further than that and I do n't think we shall do better until we have an angle — some sort of leverage . ’ |
23 | Silver and I followed a long way behind the rest , and I had to help him . |
24 | I required a longer rest ; and could I be driven home by someone , as I felt so tired ? |
25 | I knew a long time ago it was n't right when he wanted to … . ’ |
26 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
27 | I took a long way round to Ramon 's friend 's address and told him what had happened . |
28 | Immediately after leaving SIS , I took a long holiday in Italy . |
29 | Mind you yours took a long time , you know that bump Tom had going to his |
30 | So I bought a long top , which came well below my hips , to wear with them . |